All the 16 coal miners, who had been trapped after a landslide
in northwest China's Gansu Province on Wednesday morning, were
rescued late Wednesday night.
The miners made efforts to get out of the well by themselves
while rescuers on the ground struggled to reopen the pithead, Yan
Chenglu, deputy secretary-general of the Lanzhou city government,
said at the rescue site.
The miners seemed to have good physical condition as they
stepped out of the well and were sent to hospital for medical
checking.
The landslide occurred at about 10 AM in Deshun Coal Mine Fields
in Honggu District of Lanzhou, capital of Gansu. The landslide
blocked the pithead of the mine, trapping all 16 miners
underground, and also buried some houses.
(Xinhua News Agency November 2, 2006)