Two Australian miners trapped for more than a week in a tiny cage more than a half mile underground were today given iPods to help them while away the hours as rescuers prepared to start drilling them an escape tunnel.

TWO Australian miners trapped underground after a small earthquake have told rescuers that they want just one thing after their rescue: bacon and eggs.

Rescuers were drilling through rock today to reach two gold miners trapped underground.

Two workers trapped nearly 3,000 feet underground in an Australian gold mine for almost a week have been found alive by rescuers but remain trapped, the mine’s manager and a local official said today.