San José Mine San José Mine The San José Mine () is a small copper-gold mine located near Copiapó, Atacama Region, Chile. The mine became known internationally for its collapse in 2010, which trapped 33 miners underground. Its workings are reached by a long sloping roadway with many spiral turns (a diagram shows ten turns), not by a vertical mineshaft. The San José Mine is located 45 kilometers northwest of Copiapó. The mine began operations in 1889. In 1957, Jorge Kemeny Letay, a Hungarian immigrant founded the San Esteban Mining Company (). According to Terra, the mine's annual sales surpassed 20 million dollars.
2018 Shandong mine collapse 26 October it was reported that the trapped miners were discovered 242 feet below the surface. Two miners were killed in the initial disaster, but the death toll raised to 11 on 27 October. 2018 Shandong mine collapse A rock burst destroyed part of a mining tunnel on 20 October 2018 in the Shandong province in China. A rock burst destroyed part of a mining tunnel, in a spontaneous fracture of the rock, while 334 miners were working in the mine. The collapse took place around 11:00 pm local time and destroyed part of a water drainage tunnel, and two