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Miner Incident Photos

Rescued mine workers emerge from an unaffected shaft at Harmony Gold's Elandsrand Mine in Carletonville, southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007. About 3,200 miners were trapped Wednesday when a pressurized air pipe snapped and tumbled down a shaft, causing extensive damage to steel work and an elevator, said the mine's chief operating officer.

(Photo: AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)