A report from The Beijing News introduced more information on the trapped miners in Shandong. Photos from Xinhua. Translated by CDT:
According to experts, the volume of stagnant water in the Huayuan mine is about 1269 cubic meters, which is equal to half of the Kunming Lake of the Summer palace. Technically, the entire work surface should be flooded. There is minor hope that the 172 trapped miners from Shandong Huayuan mine will return.
Who are these miners? It’s said that 111 are formal employees of the mine, and the other 61 are farmers temporarily hired by the mine. Where are they from? Two are from Jining, one from Jinnan, another is from Dongying, and the rest are all from Tai’an. Also there are two Hui Minority workers among the 172 workers. [Original Report in Chinese]
Floods entered from the deserted sand wells.
The aid team were transferring the pipes for rescue.
