CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities said at least 38 people were killed Tuesday when a defunct gold mine collapsed in West Kordofan province.
The country’s state-run mining company said in a statement the collapse of the closed, non-functioning mine took place in the village of Fuja 435 miles south of the capital of Khartoum. It said there were also injuries without giving a specific tally.
Local media reported that several shafts collapsed at the Darsaya mine, and that besides the dead at least eight injured people were taken to a local hospital.
The mining company posted images on Facebook showing villagers gathering at the site as at least two dredgers worked to find possible survivors and bodies. more
Somehow this is Trump’s fault.
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …
Our American medical system has collapsed pushing a defective vaccine – they are still counting the bodies. The mining company mine collapse is pale by comparison.
What were they doing in a ‘defunct’ mine?
Black Lives Matter in unsafe mines in Africa, almost as much as gold.
When I was a kid I played at an abandoned gold mine near my home. It is on National Park Property. My Grandfather and Great Uncles worked in that mine.
While playing we would go down into the sink hole that is shown at 3:18 of this video.
https://youtu.be/oBH_0DH9QOQ
That is the top of the 200+ foot mine shaft. I learned later that they just crossed a bunch of timbers in the shaft about 30 feet down from the top. The ground around it caved in on top of the timbers.
In the 1980s the National Park Service paid a company to fill the mine shaft. They just filled the sink hole up and didn’t open the shaft to properly fill it in. Now you can see that 30+ years later that the fill they put in has just eroded again into the shaft to create a new sink hole. Eventually, it’s going to collapse.
“…the closed, non-functioning mine…”
Ok, 1 or 2 might sneak in, but 38 dead and more injured? WTF were they DOING in there, having a lodge meeting?
…it just seems like a lot of folks to be in a played-out mine is all, unless they were living in it or something; even then, that’s STILL a LOT, and the article really doesn’t address it…
Are we sure they didn’t force Christians into it and then deliberately collapse it on them?
Again, with so few facts and in a virulently Muslim country, you do have to wonder…
Fool’s gold.
SNS-The article says the former miners were working the mine. Finding even a little gold would probably triple their income.
There were old gypsum mines that we used to explore as kids. Most of the shafts were flooded out, but there were still a few that could be explored. It’s been all sealed up since the 80’s. There was also a great water fall and swimming hole (on private land) that could be reached on a railroad access road; that’s been sealed off too. All the kids are indoors playing video games anyway.