Joy as miners trapped for six days found alive

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.

Mine manager Matthew Gill said the two miners – Todd Russell, 35, and Brant Webb, 36 – are believed to have survived in the area where they were trapped when a small earthquake triggered a rock fall last Tuesday that sealed them in the mine and killed one of their workmates.