#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 08/24/2010 #2

A message in Spanish that reads ‘We are OK in the refuge, the 33 miners,’ from miners trapped in a collapsed mine, is held by Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera in Copiapo, Chile, on Aug. 22nd. The miners have been trapped below the surface of the mine since the main access collapsed on Aug. 5th due to tons of falling rock.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 09/03/2010 #2

Trapped miners are seen underground in a copper and gold mine at Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago.

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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 09/29/2010 #2

A worker tests a capsule that will be used to rescue 33 miners trapped after the copper and gold mine’s roof collapsed in early August.

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#4 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/13/2010 #1

Copiapo, Chile • Rescuers successfully test a rescue capsule that will be used in an attempt to bring to the surface 33 miners who have been trapped 2,000 feet underground for more than two months. The operation is expected to begin late Tuesday or early Wednesday. Four rescue workers will be lowered down to the miners to help with the rescue effort and will be the last ones brought back aboveground.

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#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/22/2021 #10

In 2010, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera confirmed that all of the miners trapped deep underground for 17 days were still alive after a probe came back with a handwritten note, “All 33 of us are fine in the shelter”. (The miners were rescued the following October.) #MineAccident2010Chile

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#7 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/26/2021 #7

In 2010, the government of Chile released a video of the thirty-three miners trapped deep in a copper mine; the men appeared slim but healthy as they sang the national anthem and yelled, “Long live Chile, and long live the miners!” #MineAccident2010Chile

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#8 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/30/2021 #10

In 2010, an enormous drill began preliminary work on carving a half mile shaft through solid rock to free thirty-three men trapped in a Chilean mine. #MineAccident2010Chile

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#9 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/09/2021 #14

In 2010, Chile’s 33 trapped miners cheered and embraced each other as a drill punched into their underground chamber where they had been stuck for an agonizing 66 days. #MineAccident2010Chile

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#10 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/11/2021 #11

In 2010, rescuers in Chile finished reinforcing a hole drilled to bring thirty-three trapped miners to safety and sent a rescue capsule nearly all the way to where the men were trapped, proving the escape route worked. #MineAccident2010Chile

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#11 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/13/2021 #8

In 2010, rescuers in Chile using an escape capsule pulled 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine a half mile underground. #MineAccident2010Chile

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#12 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/14/2021 #11

In 2010, Chile’s 33 rescued miners posed with President Sebastian Pinera and were examined by doctors a day after they were freed from their underground prison. #MineAccident2010Chile

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#13 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/05/2022 #10

In 2010, thirty-three workers were trapped in a copper mine in northern Chile after a tunnel caved in (all were rescued after being entombed for 69 days). #MineAccident2010Chile

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