00:00 / 17:53. Show Notes. October 13, 2010. After a record 69 days underground, 33 trapped miners are saved by a rescue team in Copiapó, Chile, concluding the worst mining accident in Chilean history.
The smart phone of Chile's minister of mining, Laurence Golborne, came to life at 11 p.m. on Aug. 5, 2010, with a text message made even more chilling by its brevity and lack of detail: "Mine cave-in Copiapó; 33 victims."
Soppe and Breiner flew to Chile on September 3, vowing that "failure is not an option." But the task was daunting: "We had to thread a needle 624 meters down through a five and a half inch diameter hole at the top," said Soppe. "We drilled 40 holes before we hit the mine. The drilling tool was never designed to do something like this.
In 2010, the San Jose copper-gold mine located in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile caved in, trapping 33 miners. Previous geological instability at the old mine and a long record of safety ...
Early in the afternoon of August 5, 2010, more than 700,000 metric tons of rock suddenly caved in, blocking the central passage to the tunnels in the San José copper and gold mine in Chile's...
Scenes of jubilation erupted each time a miner arrived to a hero's welcome above the San Jose gold and copper mine in Chile's northern Atacama desert. One of the latest miners to reach the...
On Aug. 5, 2010, the San Jose Mine in Chile collapsed while 33 men were underground. Mario Sepulveda, who has worked in the mining industry for almost two decades, spoke to Global News...
The tale of Chile's 33 miners was one of the most momentous news stories of 2010. The note is now in a museum in Copiapo. In August of that year, the San Jose mine collapsed, trapping the men 700m ...
When Chile's San Jose mine collapsed on August 5, 2010, people around the world were fixated on the fate of the 33 miners trapped 2,300 feet underground. The miners would end up spending 69...
9 years ago. NASA VS. REPTOIDS IN CHILEAN MINES INCIDENT OF 2010. The mining accident that happened in Copiapo, Chile in 2010 brought the entire region worldwide attention as the 33 miners miraculously survived what has been called "a cave-in" at the San Jose copper-gold min in the Atacama Desert. The men somehow survived for a record 69 days.
Knowledge at Wharton Staff. By now, the story is familiar: On August 5, 2010, 33 miners were trapped 2,000 feet below ground at the San Jose mine in Chile's Atacama Desert. In their first 17 ...
A year after Chile's 33 miners were hauled to safety in the Atacama Desert, working conditions at the thousands of mines dotted across the country appear to have improved. The number of deaths...
About 700 metres underground, in the most traumatic of circumstances, Luis Urzua has no intention of relinquishing command of the 33 men in his care. Urzua, 54, went to work as usual on 5 August as...
THE Copiapó mining accident, known globally as the Chilean mining accident, initially began on August 5, 2010, with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine in northern Chile. The accident ...
August 5, 2010, seemed like an ordinary day for the men who worked at the San José gold and copper mine in Chile's Atacama Desert. Mining is one of the backbones of Chile's economy, and the South American nation is the number one producer of copper and number two producer of lithium in the world.
The prosecutor's investigation was opened days after the 120-year-old gold and copper mine, 500 miles north of Santiago, caved in on Aug. 5, 2010, trapping the men.
The mining accident that happened in Copiapo, Chile in 2010 brought the entire region worldwide attention as the 33 miners miraculously survived what has been called "a cave-in" at the San Jose copper-gold min in the Atacama Desert. The men somehow survived for a record 69 days.
On August 5, 2010, 700,000 tons of some of the hardest rock in the world caved in Chile's century-old San José mine. The collapse buried 33 miners at a depth almost twice the height of the Empire State Building-over 600 meters (2000 feet) below ground. Never had a recovery been attempted at such depths, let alone in the face of challenges like ...
The tale of Chile's 33 miners was one of the most momentous news stories of 2010. The note is now in a museum in Copiapo In August of that year, the San Jose mine collapsed, trapping the...
In Santiago, Chile's capital city, President Piæera and Laurence Golborne, the Minister of Mining, met on the morning of August 6, 2010. Piæera then sent Golborne to the mine with a mandate to do whatever possible to bring the miners home, sparing no expense. Golborne and Piæera quickly reached out to their networks of colleagues around the world.
The San José copper mine, in northern Chile, collapsed on August 5, 2010. It took two weeks to find out what had happened to the miners: to the world's relief and Chile's euphoria, all 33...
Oct. 13, 2022 The Chilean Mining Accident Tweet Share Share October 13, 2010. After a record 69 days underground, 33 trapped miners are saved by a rescue team in Copiapó, Chile, concluding the worst mining accident in Chilean history.
Thirty-three miners were trapped underground when part of the San Jose mine in Chile's Atacama desert collapsed on 5 August 2010. A second collapse on 7 August hampered rescue efforts,...
"On the way out, it was terrible, terrible," Sepúlveda said. "I screamed. I just wanted to get out, to see the light." He and other miners were trapped by a mine collapse on Aug. 5, 2010 at the...
On August 5, 2010, 33 miners became trapped when Chile's San Jose mine collapsed. Over the next 69 days, the world watched and waited until all were brought to safety.
Chile's San Jose mine collapsed 5 years ago, trapping 33 miners All miners were pulled to safety 69 days later The overwhelming international attention on the miners has since faded CNN —...
On August 5, 2010, 700,000 tons of some of the hardest rock in the world caved in Chile's century-old San José mine. The collapse buried 33 miners at a depth almost twice the height of the Empire State Building-over 600 meters (2000 feet) below ground.
The smart phone of Chile's minister of mining, Laurence Golborne, came to life at 11 p.m. on Aug. 5, 2010, with a text message made even more chilling by its brevity and lack of detail: "Mine cave-in Copiapó; 33 victims." Sixty-nine days later, standing by the mine, Golborne — along with an estimated 1 billion television viewers — watched as the cave-in victims emerged unscathed.
An amazing story of survival is playing out in Chilean mine as 33 men, trapped for about three weeks, face as much as four more months underground. ... published 26 August 2010 (opens in new tab ...
On August 5, 2010, around 14:00 local time, approximately 700,000 tons of igneous rock collapsed within the San José Mine, trapping 33 miners in the lower tu...
THE Copiapó mining accident, known globally as the Chilean mining accident, initially began on August 5, 2010, with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine in northern Chile. The...
The 2010 mining accident drew global attention as word spread that the workers had survived and rescuers worked for weeks to free them. For 17 days after the collapse, nobody knew if they were alive.