Trapped miners: Rescuers making progress

Rescuers are making good progress drilling an escape tunnel for two Australian miners trapped for more than a week in a tiny cage nearly 3,000 feet underground, officials said today.

Matthew Gill, manager of the century-old Beaconsfield Gold Mine in Tasmania, said Brant Webb, 37, and Todd Russell, 34, remained in “good health and in good spirits” as they entered their ninth day entombed underground.