All 3,200 South African miners pulled to safety. No casualties!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21120416/

CARLETONVILLE, South Africa - The last of the more than 3,200 gold miners — some singing, some swearing, but most looking dazed — were hauled from deep underground Thursday more than 24 hours after an accident crippled the main elevator leading to the surface.

There were no casualties when a pressurized air pipe snapped at the mine near Johannesburg and tumbled down a shaft Wednesday, causing extensive damage to an elevator and stranding more than 3,200 miners more than a mile underground.

The mine owner, Harmony Gold Mining Co., and South Africa’s minerals and energy minister vowed to improve safety in one of the country’s most important industries after the accident prompted allegations the industry cut safety corners and didn’t properly maintain the mine.

Come show us!

Now improve the miners working conditions!

I'm always ready to listen to people saying that South Africans are superior people.

But I have to point out that mine accidents come in many different forms, and this involved a damaged way out, not damage to the various parts of the mine where the miners were working.

:toast: :woohoo: