It was so bad trying to push them out in the Chilli mine that they had to make another hole.
They're going to be so pissed off in Chile when they get down the mine and only find Bart Simpson's walkie-talkie
going in good, out, bad 
There hasn't been this many miners on screen since the last time Gary Glitter booted his laptop...
It was good to finally see the Chilean miners coming out Juan by Juan.
going in good, out, bad 
going in good, out, bad
going in good, out, bad
going in good, out, bad
Can't stand how popular and famous the chilean miners have become
...I prefered them when they were a bit more underground
Ecuador cave-in traps four miners 
October 16, 2010, 2:58 am
QUITO (Reuters) - A cave-in at a small Ecuadorean gold mine trapped at least four workers on Friday and it was unclear if they were alive, authorities said.
The accident happened with the international spotlight on mining in the continent after this week's spectacular rescue of 33 miners buried deep underground for more than two months in Chile.
The night-shift workers were trapped about 150 meters below the surface after the cave-in happened early on Friday in a southern coastal region near the Peruvian border.
"The information we have is that four people are trapped. They were working the night shift. There is no certainty they are alive. We are seeking information from the mine owners," local provincial official Angel Camacho told Reuters.
About 50 rescue workers were going to the mine, which is run by local company Minesadco, authorities said.
Officials first said one of the four men was Peruvian, but later confirmed that all of them were from Ecuador.
A government mining official, Jorge Espinosa, said water filtration appeared to be the cause. "It seems that an increase in water caused some material to collapse," he said.
The accident happened as Latin Americans were celebrating the operation to save 33 Chileans who were pulled out from deep under the desert on Wednesday.
Since the days of the Spanish Conquest and the hunt for gold, mining has played a central and often tragic role in the region, bringing wealth to some and death to many.
Though safety standards have improved radically in recent decades, there are still many accidents.
One of the worst of recent times took place in Colombia in June when more than 70 miners died after a gas explosion at a coal mine.
(Writing by Andrew Cawthorne, Editing by Daniel Wallis and Stacey Joyce)
NOW OPEN: Disneyland San Jose Chile.....
They've only ot one ride...
A rocket shaped mine adventure ride
....be warned though
apparently the wait in line is ages
and you can only ride
if you are this high and this wide 
fatties need not stand in line 
BEIJING, Oct. 16, 2010
China Coal Mine Explosion Kills 21, Traps 16
Rescuers Clearing Tons of Rubble to Free Trapped Miners;
More Than 500 Have Died in Chinese Coal Mines This Year
Rescuers battled dangerous levels of gas, tons of coal dust and the risk of falling rocks as they worked to free 16 miners trapped by an explosion at a mine in central China early Saturday. Twenty-one miners were confirmed killed.
The blast happened as the world still was celebrating Chile's dramatically successful rescue of 33 miners trapped more than two months.
Rescuers have located the 16 Chinese miners but must clear tons of coal dust from the mine shaft to reach them, the state-run Xinhua News Agency cited a rescue spokesman as saying. It wasn't clear if the miners were alive or how far underground they were trapped.
The blast unleashed more than 2,500 tons of coal dust, an engineer for one of the mine's parent companies, Du Bo, told Xinhua. The report said ventilation has resumed in the mining pit but gas levels remain high.
The gas level inside the mine was 40 percent, far higher than the normal level of near 1 percent, China Central Television reported. The gas wasn't specified, but methane is a common cause of mine blasts, and coal dust is explosive.
The more than 70 rescuers on the scene also must clear chunks of coal loosened by the blast that fell into the shaft, the state-run broadcaster said.
Twenty bodies had been retrieved by the afternoon, Xinhua said.
China's state-run media had joined the breathless global coverage of the Chilean mine rescue, and the country's propaganda and mine officials likely will face pressure to be just as open about the progress of its rescue efforts.
China's mining industry is the most dangerous in the world - with 2,600 people killed in accidents last year - and the country's leaders have been making a high-profile push in recent years to improve mine safety. Premier Wen Jiabao has even ordered mining bosses into the mines with their workers or else risk severe punishment.
Saturday's blast at the state-run Pingyu Coal & Electric Co. Ltd mine happened as workers were drilling a hole to release pressure from a gas buildup to decrease the risk of explosions, according to the work safety administration.
State media say another gas blast at the same mine two years ago killed 23 people.
In the latest blast, 276 workers were in the mine when the explosion happened and 239 escaped, according to the state work safety administration.
The mine in the city of Yuzhou is a couple of hours outside the Henan provincial capital of Zhengzhou and about 430 miles south of Beijing.
China had its own stunning mine rescue earlier this year, when 115 miners were pulled from a flooded mine in the northern province of Shanxi after more than a week underground. The miners survived by eating sawdust, tree bark, paper and even coal. Some strapped themselves to the walls of the shafts with their belts to avoid drowning while they slept.
Mining fatalities decreased in recent years as China closed many illegal mines, but deaths increased in the first half of this year. At least 515 people have been killed nationwide in coal mines alone.
An unknown number of illegal mines still exist to profit from the fast-growing economy's huge appetite for power.
China's economy remains reliant on coal for about two-thirds of its energy needs.
