2010 mining accidentLater in the year the country’s attention was focused on the San José mine, near Copiapó in northern Chile, where 33 miners were trapped 2,300 feet (700 metres) belowground by a mining accident on August 5. The miners were discovered to be alive on August 23, and the operation to rescue them was reported on daily by the international media. On October 13, after a 69-day ordeal,...
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