The operation will be possible thanks to the 97% extraction of the water that flooded the coal mine in the town of little needle (state Coahuilanorth).
The water level is 70 centimeters in one of the three wells through which an attempt will be made to enter, compared to 30 meters that was the day after the accident, the secretary of Defending National, Luis Cresence Sandoval.
What is the inside of the mine like?
“With that level you can already enter. God willing, yes,” David Huerta, 35, the brother-in-law of one of the workers trapped in Mexico, told AFP.
Although he has already abandoned the hard work of mining in the so-called “pocitos“, an artisanal and risky method to extract coal, Huerta says that he dedicated himself to it for almost 13 years.
He explains that when reaching the bottom of the wells, the zone of the “plate” of the mineral is reached, where the galleries or tunnels underground in which the extraction itself is carried out and where the workers are likely to be.
“There, crews can enter and search faster,” he adds.
In the other two wells the level is 3.9 and 4.7 meters, added General Sandoval. The level that the authorities consider viable to maneuver is 1.5 meters.
Family Expectation
Outside the security perimeter, family members awaited the departure or the phone call from their relatives within the area of operations to learn the details of the report that the authorities offer every morning on the activities planned for the day.
The announcement by the Mexican government restores hope to the community around the damaged mine, where on Thursday night a group of some 15 women came walking with candles in their hands and singing songs religious.
Already at the site they prayed an Our Father and prayed for the rescue to be successful.
The accident occurred on August 3, when a wall of a flooded and abandoned mine collapsed, causing the flooding of the shaft where 15 miners were maneuvering. Five of them managed to escape.
Since then there have been no signs of life of the 10 remaining workers, whose rescue involves several hundred people including soldiers, Civil Protection officials and volunteer miners.
Mining accidents are frequent in Coahuila, Mexico’s main coal producer.
Source: Ambito
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