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The world's deepest gold mine that plunges a staggering 2.5 miles into the Earth's surface
Located in Gauteng, South Africa, the site is a testament to the pinnacle of mining-related engineering. The mine is so deep that a journey from the surface to its deepest point takes over an hour.
The Associated Press on MSN8d
The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a note
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an ...
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Rescuers bring out survivors and dead from a South African mine as hundreds remain deep underground
Police said at least 60 bodies and 92 survivors had been pulled from one of South Africa's deepest mines since Monday in a red cagelike structure lowered thousands of feet underground. Police said ...
Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
South African miner describes horrors for those who spent months underground
A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...
ABC News15d
At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff
The mine is 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) deep with multiple shafts ... the tragedy has not stoked a strong reaction across South Africa, where illegal mining is often in the news.
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South Africa ends mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
STILFONTEIN, South Africa — South African police ended a rescue operation ... bodies after hundreds of miners were trapped for months in one of the country’s deepest mines while working illegally. At ...
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Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and emaciated survivors to the surface ...
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Rescuers bring out survivors, dead from South African mine as hundreds remain trapped
Rescuers have sent a cage-like structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds of illegal miners trapped for months in an abandoned shaft ...