Rescue efforts were under way in South Africa on Friday as more than 200 miners were trapped at a gold mine for a second day. Mining company Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday that the miners ...

The rescue crews were leaving their equipment behind so they did not have to lug it back in with them when they returned. Rescuers had already had to wait to enter the mine until crews drilled ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rescue efforts are underway in South Africa to bring 260 workers trapped in a gold mine for a day back to the surface, the Sibanye Stillwater mining company said on Friday.

They alerted mine officials to a problem and headed back inside with rescue equipment, he said. "I think I did everything I could," said Ward, who has three years of experience.

Rescue teams in Zimbabwe are continuing the search for survivors, three days after a disused gold mine in the country’s Chegutu district collapsed, killing at least 10 illegal miners.

MONTCOAL, W.Va. -- Rescue teams trekked far enough into a ruined coal mine early Friday to see that no one had used a chamber where four missing miners could have sought refuge, further dimming ...