I've been loosely following this, and this site seems to have the best updates. It's nice to see that they finally got someone doing press conferences besides this Bob Murray asshole who had done nothing but make a fool out of himself.
My hopes are very high. I still haven't heard anything other than the oxygen levels in the mine being above 7%(not enough to live). Hopefully this report is more legitimate than the 20% oxygen report that later turned out to be a reading from the shaft that they were drilling. I wouldn't trust Murray as far as I could kick him. His #1 concern is his and his company's ass.
Noise Heard From Inside the Mine
August 15th, 2007 @ 7:15pm
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Update:
There is still no word if the six trapped miners inside the Crandall Canyon mine for 10 days are alive.
At an evening press conference, Richard Stickler with the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said geophones picked up a pattern of audio from inside the mine. It happened this morning around 10:00 and lasted about five minutes. Crews have analyzed the noise, but they can't confirm what the noise is or where it's coming from. Crews are going to drill a fourth hole where they heard the noise from the geophones.
Bob Murray, owner of Murray Energy Corporation said that at 9:00 p.m. they hope to have video out of hole number three and air readings at about 11:00 p.m.
Murray also said, "So there is every reason for hope. The families have that hope. I have never seen such courageous strong people in my life. They actually give me hope. And I just wish I could tell you that we've had them out by now."
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