Please keep these miners and their families in your prayers! The Denver Post: Two miners are dead, and emergency workers are trying to reach two others trapped at the Revenue-Virginius mine in Ouray, according to Ouray County spokeswoman Marti Whitmore. Twenty people, one of them in critical condition, were taken to hospitals in the area after an accident at the mine, which is six miles south of Ouray, was reported to the sheriffs office after 7:20 a.m. Whitmore said she didnt know what had happened at the mine, but the Ouray Watch newspaper reported there was an explosion. The Star Mining Company in Denver, owner of the mine, couldnt be reached for comment. The Watch reported that mine manager Rory Williams of the Star Mining Company said the injuries were a result of miners breathing in gases and chemicals in the air following a blast. The two miners who remain underground are in an area that is accessible, Whitmore said, and the sheriffs department, Ouray Fire Department, Ouray County Emergency Medical Services and others are working to reach them. We dont know if they are alive. We know that it is not like there was a cave-in and they are behind rocks, Whitmore said. Star Mining has accounted for all personnel who were at the site and is contacting the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, according to the county. At least 14 were affected by gases in the explosion, nitrogen dioxide and carbon dioxide, according to the Watch. The critically injured miner was taken to Montrose Memorial Hospital. An additional nine people were transported by ambulance to Montrose Memorial; five people were transported to Delta Memorial Hospital; and five people were taken to St. Marys Hospital in Grand Junction.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 22:48:19 +0000
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