Rescue work ended early on Sunday after the last two missing
miners were found dead at a colliery in southwest China's Guizhou Province, where a gas leak killed 35
last Thursday.
The last two dead bodies were retrieved at 2:30 AM and 3:24 AM
respectively on Sunday, said sources with the emergency rescue
headquarters at Qunli Colliery in Nayong County.
Eighty-six miners were working in the shaft when the gas leak
occurred at 1:44 p.m. on Thursday. Of them, 52 were rescued, but
one of them died after emergency treatment.
Management of the mine has agreed to compensate 200,000 yuan
(US$26,667) for each victim.
The central government will send an investigation team to look
into the cause of the accident.
Qunli is a licensed colliery designed to produce 300,000 tons of
coal a year.
Following the accident, the provincial authorities ordered all
coal mines in the county to suspend production for a safety
overhaul.
(Xinhua News Agency November 11, 2007)