Thirty-three miners who have been trapped underground in a northern Chile mine for the past 17 days are all alive, President Sebastian Piñera announced Sunday. Rescuers heard hammering noises ...

One of the capsules to be used for pulling out the miners While rescuers have insisted that the 33 Chilean trapped miners at San Jose mine will be evacuated in early November, the government has ...

A guard gate blocks access to the San José mine site rescue operations in northern Chile on Tuesday, October 12, 2010. One of countless tributes to the trapped miners marks the side of the road ...

It's the deepest hole that humans have dug by hand. 33 Chilean miners were trapped in a mine for about 2 months in 2010. The Burj Khalifa would go 2,722 feet below the surface. The deepest known ...

"I know all of Chile, but not the rest of the world." Villarroell, a mechanic, worked at the San Jose mine for two years. His girlfriend was pregnant while he was trapped. The miners captured the ...

Such is the case with the terrifying ordeal of the 33 Chilean miners, trapped nearly a half mile underground in a collapsed mine, and the ensuing 69 days of unknown peril they faced until their ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Chilean miner Ariel Ticona and his wife Elizabeth Segovia hold their baby girl Esperanza, who was born while Ticona was trapped in the San Jose mine, moments after he arrived home for the first time ...