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Show . r. ' . r DAILY HERALD Thursday, August 16. 2007 A7 Miners Allred, who bu a cousin trapped inside the mine, said the farce of the collapse was 'Continued from Al definitely something Ive never wen before; The thunderous coDanse blew Earlier Wednesday, some out the walk of mine shafts, noise was detected by device filling them with rubble. If the men were not crushed by rock, monitoring virationsinfoe mountain, raising "a very small their bodies could have been' amount" of hope that the men crushed by the immense air might be found alive, officials pressure generated by the coi- Said. mining frwnrfrwf ivt The sounds detected by two ' federal regulators have said, And if they survived that, ... geophones could be a rode breaking underground or even they could love died from lack an animal sakl Richard Stick- - .of oxygen, even though fresh )ef, chief of the federal Mine air is now being pumped down Safety and Health Administra- - one of the drill holes, tion. Mine officials believe the coi-We saw some indication of lapse released a "rush of axy-noifor a period of Sbout five air" into the area minutes that we had not seen where the men were believed before," Stickler said. to be working, but officials are While the source of the noise working on the theory that v wasn't known. Stickler said the bad air drove a pocket of it had created a very enall breathable air into the back of amount ci hope iyi oprjipwm the mine and that miners may have sought refuge there. among the families.. There are a total of six geo- A blast of air came out of . phones on foe mountain, all ..foe mines entrance, said Lane of which picked up measured "Adair, general manager of the noise Wednesday morning, OendaU Canyon Mine. For some stronger than others, miners in the bade of the mine, the blast would have felt like Murray said. The vibrations occurred every 1.5 seconds, in being inside an air compressor, a steady pattern for five min- - he said. ' Utes,hesakL y The miners could find ... We have no idea what that drinkable water seeping ev-sound is, but we are going to erywhere through foe mine, know when we get the fourth akhough they would have bide bole down there," Murray said, or no food, having probably Plans for the location of consumed what food they a fourth borehole, to begin brought with them for their 12- . hour shift, officials have said, Thursday, had changed be-cause of foe ipusual noise .v--The first hole was drilled 3.4 miles into foe mine and more readings, both men said. than 1800 feet underground, Murray, who is chief of where officials thought the min- Murray Energy Corp., the coowner and operator of the ers may have tried to escape, Qrandall Canyon Mine, also only to find tunnels blocked, cautioned: "Don't read too :Th dropped a microphone much into this noise we picked into that 2 but it ia a sign of hope, but picked up no sound. ' up, A second hole about 8 inches Still, experts say foe chances of finding the men alive are wide was drilled to accom-sBmodate a camera It was sent ' As crews down near where the miners slowly dig a path to foe mens presumed location were known to be working at foe Oandall Canyon Mine, at foe time of the collapse but the narrowdrill holes sunk showed no miners only a deep into the mountain amount tool beg, a twisted conveyor ' to little more than educated belt, dripping water and pipes, Uhion officials smdWednes- guesses. "There are a lot of possMi- - day that their repeated offers to ties," Stickler said. "We started help at foe nonunion mine were with logiqd thinking: Tf I were rejected immediately after the in this situation, what would collapse; Mike Dalpiaz, inter-I do? That has guided us In national vice president of the where we look." unions District 22 in (Vice, said ; The men could be huddled to-- a union representative who or spread out anywhere fered anything and everything in an underground area the size at our disposal was asked ty of several football fields. leave foe mine property. "Theres always a chance. Dalpiaz said he believes foe You have to hang on to that ." aid was turned down because K meant letting union workers chance. But realistically It is into snonunkxiinine, though small, quitesmafl, said J. Da--. vkt McAteer, farmer head of Murray said Tuesday foe res- the Mine Safety and Health ; cue effort couldnt accommoAdmirtistratiori and now vice date any more people. ' "We nave all foe manpower president of Wheeling Jesuit and equipment we can use in a University ki West Vkginia. confined space, Murray said. "You would have to have evHe added that his company ery single break and divfaie was tying in a team of 14 n intervention to successfully extract these guys." tors as rebel The Aug. 6 cavern released low-ox- y gen air from sealed c , chambers into the working V mine. Downwanl of the area ' pressure on the walls sent ' chunks of coal flying Mke bul-lets through the shaft. Two holes drilled into foe mine have not located foe men. A third drill broke through Wednesday into an area where officials say the men may have sought refuge, but a mt crophone snagged in foe hole about 20 feet above the roof of .. . the mine, end it couldn't pick up any sound that might have come from below. Officials planned to lower a video earnera wit hits own microphone in foe next attempt. ' .. "Were going to keep drill- ing until we find these miners, Murray said Wednesday. Murray has acknowledged foe drilling may not ahow whether foe mmers are aUve or dead. At nearly every turn, he cautions reporters that the initial blast inside the mountain may have killed foe men !' instantly. Mining rescues after 10 or more days are not unheard of. In May 2006, two miners were rescued after being trapped for Mdaya following a collapse at an Australian mine. In 1968, , six miners were rescued after 10 days in West Virginia. "l am still very optimistic that we will find these miners alive. There is real reason to believe that," Murray said Wednesday. "I still remain V very, very hopefuL The effort to dig out a rubble-fille- d tunnel was ceeding slowly We and could last another week to go more than 100 feet before reaching foe area where the miners were believed to be working." v A "seismic bump" from the mountain settling damaged a coal excavator Tuesday night, topping foe advance for more than two hours, but work re . se . ... ; . - . : . - m. : .. . The Osmonds (from left: Jay, Jimmy, Merrill, Marie, Danny, Wayne, anniversary show . KMCMEMiNaMoaatadPmM and Alan perform during a taping of their 50th , at the Orieank casirwin Las Vegas on Tuesday. ; Osmonds Continued from Al . visk to Disneyland led to a teieviaion debut on "Disney After Dark in 1962. The brothers became regu- tars on The Andy Williams Show, where they made their name and forged the whole- some and peppy image that would carry through to each. of the later configurations of Osmond family performers, In an Interview with the , all one big happy family, Mer-rill Osmond said. On the reunion show: We make a great shepherd's pie. ...with pretty garnish named Marie," Jimmy Osmond said, On what the Osmonds stand for: "We believe in America. andtheflag. AUof my eight savvy, said. 70s k was drugs, sex and al- she under-appreciate- d, cchol, and they Were clean cut. . : The Osmonds have recorded They were Godfearing moral 142 albums, selling 100 million men." ' . aopies with 51 gold and plats-num recordings. In 1971, foe Oa the Net Osmond brothers, including The Osmond's 50th " tallied Anniversary"; nine gold records, surpassing www.osmonds50th.com .. , ' ' : ' . . . . .. ' . Graduate . . . ; . . st Massachusetts Institute of, Technology. He said the edu- cation at BYU is comparable. Kim is planning to leave to study international relations at the University of Cambridge in foe United Kingdom in about a month; Classes start there in October. He spent last summer at Cambridge. It was then that he knew he wanted to attend the nfoool for his graduate work- .I kind of fell in love with , foe atmoqdiere, he said. Then he met a professor who asked him to come badL It took Kim a long time to get a meeting wkh the pretfessor. Whenhefinally did, he was stranded because hk train V hadn't come and he missed the . . meeting. , About two .weeks later, foe '' . He worked as a researches- sistant for Kerk PhiUips, apro- lessor of economics at BYU.' Kim wrote his honors thesis on the North Korean economy, Kim concluded that the coun-trys economy could get worse before it gets better. It makes sense. It gives you is new perspective bn the, world and how it works," Kim said. While at Cambridge, Kim ' won't have to worry about tuitioa He received the Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholar- ship worth up to (300,000. ThescholHrshqiis verypres- tigious, but Kim doesnt give himself too much credit. He said he was relieved at first be-cause k is expensive to study writer. ReebokCy : Comfort Dsluire tually work in policy making on an international scale, maybe at the world bank. MQlersaid Kim would make, BYU is so proud of him because he has made the most of his undergraduate expert--' a difference, tace," Tuitupou said. .' Scott Miller, a professor He wiQbeone of thoGepeo- of Japanese and comparative : pie in foe future that is finding Uterature.waswkh Kim when viable solutions to world prob- lems." he studied ibroad. He said Kmi speaks three languag- Kim would never let on about re-- He speaks Korean, English howsmarthe is. and Spanish. He served his ; Hes brilliant but humble, LDS mission in New York and he does not tend to put : otlier people down, MiDer Cty and got to use an three of . - : said . .. . . . . Kim attributes his achieve- menls to opportunities. Idont think IVe ever considered myself as brilliant, Ifedbke IVe alwsys been blessed with great opparturii. ties, Kim said. I wouldnt go :. tljpa. . - 'It was just fun beirg an Asian guy. that speaks Kim said. I Brittani . reached Uisfc at Spon-is- h, can be 344-254- or at 9 bluskQheraldextra-com- . 3 ryr , . .; . . er two finally metand the profes- - in the United Kingdom. asfarashrilliant. Miller also enjoys Kim's sor was impressed with Kim's Carolyn Tuitupou. assistant dean of undergraduate educa- sense of humor. V :research background. He was shodied that 1 was tion at BYU, said Kim won foe He's just rmpling with un--. a research assistant as an un-- scholarship because he is an derstated wit Miller said. Kim said he wants to even- excellrot rtudent and a great dergraduale, Kim said. COMFORT DELUXE OMX. MIM li Wicfc tfd OI IMiiig Shoes y siwws nii YOUIt CHOICE REEBOK DMXOWALKTECHNOLOGV. , flfluh mowna tir nwlwoninp inirti mifrfifMy pravidM Mhamd comfort.: . . .. to the 65ton machine, Stickler The Style of Your Life. ' 'k' aid. ' ", . . f b . to get to them, and were going to get there no doubt about k,"Bodee Allred, the mines safety manager, said Wednesday in his coaKbladiened overalls. . RECEIVE LiV In ProvOb open a J DBartfb aooxnt. REWARD POINTS EUw4 w cMifi tcwanJ Com Sib biaanng a WI DSanft Rewail Oae mw mi an- - wn f . every time you shop. OUut Ca aid mot V ttwt 7,triuewe.Seeewllwpkonknaail'VWMam. j 104 and Sunday 124 stall Dillard's locations. Shop londay-6aturda- y Cantim. 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