Collapse of the San Jose mine
The collapse of the San Jose mine
occurred on Thursday, August 5, 2010, leaving 33 miners trapped some 720 meters
deep for 70 days, The
site located 30 km northwest of the Chilean city of Copiapo, was operated by
the company San Esteban Primera SA.
Rescue work began the same day in
the evening, On Sunday August 22, 17 days after the
miners were found alive,
and after 33 days of drilling interrupted only by problems in machinery the
Schramm T130 machine managed to break background, The October 13, 2010,It was possible to bring to the surface the first miner and then the next at a rate of about one per hour.
