Copiapo

• Drillers pass halfway mark toward trapped Chilean miners

  Drillers have passed the halfway mark in their most advanced evacuation shaft toward 33 men who have been trapped deep underground in a Chilean mine since August, officials said.     The operation, referred to as "Plan B" by rescuers, has dug down 333 meters, more than halfway toward its objective of 630 meters, said Andres Soug...

• Chile miners trapped underground for a month now

  The families of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground, after a shaft collapsed at the mine in Copiapo, where they were working marked the one month anniversary of their ordeal on Sunday. On August 5, a landslide at the gold and copper mine in the Atacama desert caused a tunnel to collapse and entombed the men more than 2,200 feet (67.6 metres) belo...

• Chile: 33 miners trapped underground for 17 days found alive

  All 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for 17 days have been found alive, Chile's president confirmed on Sunday.But as relatives celebrated outside the San Jose mine at Copiapo, 800 kilometres (500 miles) North of Santiago, rescue workers said it could take four months to get them out.A probe sent some 2,257 feet (688 metres) deep into the ...