Miners' families start to file lawsuits

MINERS trapped deep in a Chilean mine have sent video footage showing them in good spirits, as their families filed the first of potentially many lawsuits against the shaft owner.

Excerpts of the 45-minute video showed the men upbeat despite their 21-day ordeal in a hot and dankunderground shelter, where they await a potentially months-long rescue.

“We’ve organised everything really well down here,” said one of the miners, sporting a scraggly beard and pointing to a corner reserved for medical supplies.