Chilean miners update:
San Jose, Chile~ The 33 miners of Chile that have been trapped in a mine since August 5 are receiving many luxury items to aid in the comfort of their situation. They have not only received cots that were sent down disassembled to be re assembled by the men trapped, but they have also received water to drink and shower through tubes that pump 100 liters of water a day to them.
The cage arrived at the mine head to rescue the men from the mine shaft that is half a mile deep into the Earth. The steel case is named Phoenix from the Greek mythological bird that rose from the ashes. Once a rescue shaft is drilled large enough for the steel cage to be lowered into the mine shaft, it will pull the men up one by one. Rescuers estimate that it will take between 20 and 30 minutes to pull up each miner. The case is equipped with communication devices and oxygen that will last for 90 minutes. The case also opens from the bottom for safe entrance for the miners and for emergency precaution that if the case gets stuck, the miner can wedge his way back down to the other miners safely.
The trapped miners have families that are camping at the mine head for support of their loved ones, clapped when the cage arrived. Many of them even got a chance to stand in the cage and see for themselves the roominess of it and how it will operate for the rescue. Mining Minister, Laurence Golborne says that they are ahead of schedule for the rescue and plans to start pulling miners up as early as first week of November. As of Saturday, the first of three holes has been drilled to 1,458 feet deep. Progress in underway.
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