Forgot about them already, didn't you?
"Utah: Mine Where Men Were Trapped Is Sealed"
The coal mine where six workers were entombed after a collapse has been sealed, federal regulators said Tuesday. Richard Gates, the lead investigator for the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, made the disclosure in a briefing for a state commission that is looking into whether Utah should return to regulating coal mines after a 20-year hiatus. Kevin Stricklin, the agency’s administrator for coal-mine safety, said the Murray Energy Corporation, based in Cleveland, sealed the Crandall Canyon mine’s three main passageways with walls of concrete block in early October. The decision did not represent any loss of hope for recovering the men’s bodies, he said. The walls can be removed, he said. The miners were trapped on Aug. 6. Ten days later, another collapse killed three people and injured six others (AP November 22, 2007)."
