Source of Northeast China Coal Mine Flooded Water Identified
Posted on: Sunday, 21 August 2005, 09:00 CDT
Source of northeast China coal mine flooded water identified
CHANGCHUN, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- A nearby pond was identified as the source of the flooded water occurring on Friday afternoon beneath the No.5 shaft of Fengguang Coal Mine in Shulan City, northeast China's Jilin Province.
The flooding took place at about 4 p.m. on Friday when 152 miners were at working below the ground with the No.5 shaft. And 136 miners escaped the flooded coal mine alive, but 16 others remained trapped inside the coal mine, according to Yuan Yuqing, deputy head of Jilin Provincial Bureau of Coal Mine Industry.
Fengguang Coal Mine falls under jurisdiction of the mining affairs bureau of Shulan, a city about 120 km east of Changchun City, the provincial capital.
According to Yuan, rescue workers have been busy plugging the source of the flooded water, which had been formed of a deserted coalpit and it's estimated that 7,000 cu m of earth and stone would be needed to fully plug the opening.
Cause of the flooding is under investigation.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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