Aracoma coal miner Billy Mayhorn is greeted by his wife, Sharon, late Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006, in Melville, W.Va. Mayhorn was one of 19 miners who escaped after a fire broke out on a conveyor belt at the Alma No. 1 Mine. Two miners were still unaccounted for.
Jesse Cole, right, of the Mine Safety and Health Administration and West Virginia Mine Safety director Doug Conaway display a map of the mine where two coal miners that are missing following a mine fire in Melville, W.Va., Friday, Jan 20, 2006.
West Virginia Mine Safety director Doug Conaway points out where rescue crews are setting up a fresh-air-base on a map of the Alma mine where two coal miners were missing following a mine fine in Melville, W.Va., Friday, Jan 20, 2006. Four rescue teams were searching the mine, two were on standby and others were traveling to the mine.
Raymond Grimmet, left, who works above ground at Aracoma Coal Co., talks to his wife's grandmother, Anne Hale, outside the mine, where two workers were unaccounted for after a fire broke out in the coal mine Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006, in Melville, W.Va.
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin listens as mine safety officals brief the media about two coal miners that were missing following a mine fire in Melville, W.Va., Friday, Jan 20, 2006.
Jesse Cole, left, of the Mine Safety and Health Administration listens as West Virginia Mine Safety director Doug Conaway briefs the media about two coal miners that are missing following a mine fire in Melville, W.Va. Jan 20, 2006.
Doug Conaway, director of the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training, briefs the media about two coal miners who were missing following a mine fire in Melville, W.Va., Jan 19, 2006.
Doug Conaway, left, director of the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training; West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, right, and the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration's Minness Justice brief the media about two coal miners who were unaccounted for following a mine fire in Melville, W.Va., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006.