To me this is unbelievable. I had no idea that so many miners may be in one mine. About 3,200 miners were trapped a mile underground Wednesday in South Africa. It's a gold mine. 1,000 has been saved so far. Chime in if you had no idea this many miners would be underground in one mine, let alone, a mile underground.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071004/ap_on_re_af/south_africa_mine
2007-10-03 20:23:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
I think we see a lot of speculation without any knowledge. It's one of being limited in your scope of the world and think everything must revolve around how things are here in the states.
A gold mine worker in South African earns 3 times the average South African. If you get $60,000 a year here in the states and your neighbor gets $180,000 a year, you won't call him poor, even if he won't loan you any money.
It is the top paying job for manual labor in South Africa.
Things are not as they seem... even 3,000 workers underground.
2007-10-04 09:51:52 · update #1
My ex used to work in one of those mines. They're very well paid, actually.
2007-10-03 21:42:35 · answer #1 · answered by True Blue Brit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately I knew. It's a shame because the mines owners are slave driving the workers and keeping them poor. S. African mines are unlike any others in the world. The mines there are huge and very very deep. I hope and pray for more to be saved.
2007-10-03 22:56:58 · answer #2 · answered by aswkingfish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to send a lot down when you dont buy the high dollar equipment.
I have to say that many does seem really high. I agree with the other poster who said he was surprised they even bothered working on rescuing them.
as cheap as life is in some of those places I figured they would just give each family 100.00 and move on
2007-10-03 22:55:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
3,200 in a diamond mine? Sounds like the dudes they used to build the pyramids? Very archaic or greedy... em there's the answer GREED. Government forced labor?
2007-10-03 20:27:38 · answer #4 · answered by Seraphity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen film of some of those mines , and others in S. America , so no surprise .
2007-10-03 20:28:54 · answer #5 · answered by mikeinportc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am amazed they actually are going to the trouble to rescue them.
2007-10-03 21:32:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it suprised me too
2007-10-03 20:27:44 · answer #7 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i didnt even hear about it......figures
2007-10-03 20:25:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋