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Africa, Mine Accident Timeline Saturday, November 15     Author
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75 feared dead in mine floods
Mar.29   Tanzania
  At least 75 miners are missing and believed to have died in tanzanite mines flooded by heavy rains, 25 miles southeast of Arusha

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Dec.4   South Africa
  Tens of thousands of striking miners took to the streets in Johannesburg in a protest over safety levels in the industry
Oct.4   South Africa All gold miners freed from mine
  The last of 3,200 miners trapped by a power failure reached the surface after nearly two days underground in the cavernous Elandstrand New Mine
Oct.3   South Africa Miners being pulled from underground
  Some of the more than 3,200 miners inside are beginning to return to the surface. About 350 miners had been pulled to safety
  South Africa 3,200 workers trapped in gold mine
  Power has been restored to a gold mine, and some of the more than 3,200 miners inside are beginning to return to the surface
 A broken pipe severed power cables to a lift. The workers are more than 1.3 miles underground at Harmony Gold's Elandsrand mine in Carletonville, about 50 miles southwest of Johannesburg

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Jan.10   South Africa 3 dead in mine quake  An earthquake jarred rocks loose inside a gold mine. 12 people were trapped by a seismic event

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Jul.12   Congo Uranium mine collapses  Part of a mine has collapsed, killing at least 9 people

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Jun.20   Tanzania 40 feared dead in mine  The compressor which pumps clean air into the privately owned mine failed Jan.15   Congo 40 miners buried  A mine has collapsed, killing at least 30 people. 3 bodies have been recovered but as many as 36 others are still buried



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