Local radiois reporting 47 miners trapped underground, believed to have made it to their shelter station, but no one can confirm that contact has been made with them.
Company website.
Latest: All 47 are safe and have been spoken to. Calm and good spirits. They went to refuge stations this morning because of a fire alarm and slight scent of smoke. Rescue teams were unable to proceed into the mine until backup teams had arrived, which they have, and they are beginning rescue operations.
Sounds like this is under control. Back to regular programming unless something new is reported.
Question: Is it possible to support the miners but not the potash?
Hey Kate- At it again, beating the big media, hurrah for you and a huge hurrah for the miner’s safety!
Thank God,,,
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As the spouse of a miner,these stories always terrify me.Thankfully,most mine-rescue teams are the best of the best…prayers for their safety.
Hope they all get out safly and back with their families
borderguardwannabe : ya think maybe the folks at the mine had other things on their minds than to ensure you are kept up to date?
When I worked mine rescue training a couple decades back, media relations were not on the training schedule.
pj:”Hey Kate- At it again, beating the big media, hurrah for you and a huge hurrah for the miner’s safety!”
huh? Linking to a National Post article is not “beating the big media”!
National Post link?
The sad thing is that the radio station I linked to couldn’t even get their geography right, the on-scene reporter stating he was at the Cory mine “just outside Delisle.”
That’s the Agrium potash mine. Cory is between Saskatoon and Vanscoy.
Ah, did not think I missed a link in so small a post!
borderguardwannabe… in this case the fire alarm went off at 11 am. They had a “families only” number advertised over radio by noon. They gave media updates about what they knew, including the fact that all the miners were in a safety zone. It was all over in about two hours.
So, chill.