South African Teams Struggle to Reach Buried Workers at Mine

Searchers at a South African mine on Wednesday struggled to reach three missing workers in a mobile office container that was buried under thousands of tons of rock last week.   There were "some signs of life'' during rescue operations on Tuesday at the Lily gold mine near Barberton town, Australia-based Vantage Goldfields said in a reference to tapping sounds apparently coming from the container. Those sounds were not heard on Wednesday, said the company, which runs the...

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