Miners' survival during 2010 Copiapó mining accident Miners' survival during 2010 Copiapó mining accident The 2010 Copiapó mining accident began as a cave-in on 5 August 2010 at the San José copper-gold mine in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile. The accident trapped 33 men underground who survived for a record 69 days. All were rescued and brought to the surface on 13 October 2010 over a period of almost 24 hours. After the last trapped miner was winched to the surface, the rescue workers still underground held up a sign before the camera stating “""” (English: “"Mission accomplished Chile"”) to the estimated more than 1 billion
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