Large-scale rescue bid for Maryland miners

Crews were today removing about 3,000 tons of rock each hour in search of two men who have been trapped for almost two days under a pile of rubble in a western Maryland open pit coal mine.

Crews were today removing about 3,000 tons of rock each hour in search of two men who have been trapped for almost two days under a pile of rubble in a western Maryland open pit coal mine.

As the excavation continued into the night, rescuers still had not located the men.

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