Seventh rescue attempt to find trapped miners

The search for six men trapped inside a collapsed coal mine continued today, despite three weeks of drilling and digging that have revealed no signs of life.

The search for six men trapped inside a collapsed coal mine continued today, despite three weeks of drilling and digging that have revealed no signs of life.

US government and mine company officials said a seventh borehole was being punched into the Crandall Canyon mine near Huntingdon, Utah, and that a special robotic camera was being lowered into a hole drilled during previous efforts to find the men.

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