Chinese Mine Shaft Traps 11 Underground

World | March 28, 2005, Monday // 00:00

Eleven people were trapped underground, as a shaft ceiling collapsed in a coal mine under construction in Datong, a city in the Chinese province of Shanxi, officials announced on Monday. According to experts, the collapse might be the aftermath of mining operations and movements of the earth's crust in the surroundings. Datong is a major coal production base in China.

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