# Good news story: two miners rescued after a fortnight trapped underground **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 8, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-story-two-miners-rescued-after-a-fortnight-trapped-underground/355974 "2006-05-08T22:21:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-story-two-miners-rescued-after-a-fortnight-trapped-underground/355974/1 "2006-05-08T22:21:30Z")
[Link](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19073978-2,00.html) This story has been absorbing Australia for a fortnight now, ever since the miners were trapped 1km underground at a mine in Beaconsfield in Tasmania on Anzac Day (25 April). Sadly one other miner was killed in the accident, but it’s really good news to see the other two rescued safely. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-story-two-miners-rescued-after-a-fortnight-trapped-underground/355974/2 "2006-05-08T22:50:55Z")
Yay! [This story’s been in the news in the Bay Area, too.](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2006/05/08/international/i120835D43.DTL) I like this part: > [@](#): > > Throughout the rescue, the good spirits of the miners, both married with three children, amazed those struggling to reach them. > > One man asked for a newspaper so he could start scanning the classifieds for another job. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-story-two-miners-rescued-after-a-fortnight-trapped-underground/355974/3 "2006-05-09T00:29:49Z")
all right!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-story-two-miners-rescued-after-a-fortnight-trapped-underground/355974/4 "2006-05-09T01:16:00Z")
I read the Thread title as > [@](#): > > Good news story: two **mimes** rescued after a fortnight trapped underground And I wondered what the Hay-Hoo was good about it. Glad to hear about the happy escape of the two non-mimes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-story-two-miners-rescued-after-a-fortnight-trapped-underground/355974/5 "2006-05-09T01:20:57Z")
Most amazing to me is that the Ozzie story makes no mention that they had any food or water during the ordeal. (They had to get along for 5 days on ONE granola bar and water condensed off rocks – before heat sensors found them, then a shaft was sunk and supplies lowered down.)