Camera lowered into trapped miners' shaft

A second drill broke through to a Utah mine shaft today and a video camera was lowered inside, searching for the fate of six miners believed to be trapped nearly 2,000 feet below.

A second drill broke through to a Utah mine shaft today and a video camera was lowered inside, searching for the fate of six miners believed to be trapped nearly 2,000 feet below.

“I don’t know if it’s all the way to the bottom or not,” said John Baza, director of Utah’s Division of Oil, Gas and Mining.

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