That’s how an unknown number of unauthorized miners — believed to be in the hundreds — have been surviving for weeks, possibly months, over a mile deep underground in a disused mine shaft in the South ...

Rescue workers look on as a cage is lifted from an abandoned gold shaft in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Thursday. They look like the walking dead. Dusty men, skin and hair caked in dirt, skeletal.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Five of the unlicensed miners were pulled out alive Wednesday, all of them appearing frail and weak after apparently being ...

An operation is underway to rescue hundreds of illegal miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine shaft in South Africa. This started off as a standoff between South African police and illegal miners.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Sleeping next to decomposing corpses and surviving on a foul mixture of toothpaste mixed with toilet paper. That's how an unknown number of unauthorized miners — believed ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa —They look like the walking dead. Dusty men, skin and hair caked in dirt, skeletal. Some struggle to walk and collapse. They blink like moles in the harsh South African ...