Rescuers are going all out to pump water from a flooded iron ore
mine in?Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region?where 36
miners are trapped.
Local officials said the flood occurred early on Wednesday at
Haolaigou Iron Ore Mine in Donghe District, near the city of
Baotou.?
Local officials, including Mo Jiancheng, secretary of the Baotou
City Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Hu'ercha,
acting mayor of Baotou, went to the mine shortly after being
informed of the incident.?
A special taskforce has been assembled and rescue headquarters
are coordinating the work.?
Dong Hanzhong, chief of publicity with the Baotou City CPC
Committee, said water flooded three of the mine's vertical shafts
and trapped the miners.?
Haolaigou Iron Ore Mine is owned by Chaoyue Mining Co. Ltd. of
Baotou City.
(Xinhua News Agency January 17, 2007)