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MINE
TWO RESCUERS DESCENDED INTO THE MILE-DEEP SUNSHINE SILVER MINE
NEAR KELLOGG, IDAHO LAST NIGHT. IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO REACH 59
MEN MISSING AFTER A FLASH FIRE KILLED 35 MINERS LAST TUESDAY.
THE TWO SEARCHERS USED A SPECIALLY (CONSTRUCTED CAPSULE TO ENTER
A FOUR-FOOT-WIDE MINE SHAFT. BUT THEY HAD TO SUSPEND EFFORTS
AFTER MOVING ONLY 150 FEET IN ONE HOUR. THEY BECAME EXHAUSTED
NG TO CHIP AWAY JAGGED SLIVERS OF ROCK.
-DASH--
THE DESCENT VEHICLE WAS TO CARRY AN ENGINEER AND A MINE INSPECTOR
10 THE 4,g00-FOOT-LEVEL TO CONTACT THE MISSING MEN.
BUT OFFICIALS HOLD LITTLE HOPE OF FINDING ANY SURVIVORS.
THE RESCUE WORKERS IN THE CAPSULE TOOK WITH THEM ONE MILE OF
TELEPHONE WIRE TO ESTABLISH COMMUNItATIONS.
THE ENTRY INTO THE HEART OF THE MINE CAME DESPITE A NEW BLAST
OF HEAT AND SMOKE WHICH BOTHERED RESCUERS YESTERDAY.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Mine], script, May 9, 1972, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1516580/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.