Six bodies found
After over 24 hours of digging and searching, officials find the bodies of six of the ten miners trapped when the mine collapsed. Four others are still missing. Police:
Rescue crews in Guyana have recovered the bodies of six miners who had been missing since an open-pit gold mine collapsed in the South American country. Authorities are still searching for four other miners. Crews are digging despite heavy rains and mud to recover bodies buried up to 20 feet (6 meters) in the pit.
Mine collapses
Guyana gold mine collapses and buries ten miners, injures at least seven. The inured are being treated in area hospitals. Official:
Recent heavy rains have made the work especially treacherous. [The] organization has been working to persuade operators to provide adequate support for the mud walls but said many disregard those precautions.