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At least 17 workers trapped in New York salt mine

JASON SILVERSTEIN, MEG WAGNER

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Today, 7:43 AM ET

A crane from Auburn was brought to assist in the rescue at Cargill Salt Mine in Lansing, N.Y., where 13 miners remain trapped.
Rescue crews have freed four of the 17 miners trapped overnight at least 800 feet underground in a New York state salt mine, officials said.

"The first 4 miners, of 17 trapped in a shaft at Cargill Salt Mine , have been brought to the surface!" the Ithaca Fire Department wrote on Facebook around 7 a.m. Thursday.

"They are being checked by EMS at this time."

An elevator inside Lansing’s Cargill Salt Mine stopped working after 11 p.m. Wednesday, leaving the team of workers stranded, Tompkins County Emergency Management officials told the Daily News.

None of the miners were injured, but seven hours into the rescue operation, the workers were still stuck between 800 and 900 feet below ground.

Emergency crews have given the trapped workers heat packs and blankets, officials said. A crane has been sent to the scene to help.

Lansing, a town of about 11,000 people, is 10 miles north of Ithaca. 

Cargill has managed the mine since 1970, when it purchased the site’s mining rights from Cayuga Rock Salt.

According to the company’s website, the mine celebrated five years with no lost time accidents in March, marking one of the best records in the mining industry.

Representatives for Cargill could not immediately be reached for comment.


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17 workers rescued from New York salt mine
Jason Silverstein, Meg Wagner NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: 01/07/2016 3:28 PM ET

Rescue of Trapped Miners Underway in New York
WPIX - New York
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Rescue crews freed 17 miners in upstate New York Thursday morning after they spent a terrifying 10 hours down in one of the world's deepest salt mines.

The first four of the Cargill Salt miners emerged to the surface in a basket around 7 a.m., police said. The rest were rescued from the salt mine over the next two hours.

Before bringing them to safety, emergency workers talked to the miners through a radio and sent blankets and heat packs down into the dark hole.

An elevator inside the Cargill Salt Mine stopped working after 11 p.m. Wednesday, leaving the team of workers stuck about 900 feet below the ground, Tompkins County Emergency Management officials told the Daily News. The mine shaft descends 2,300 feet, making it the deepest salt mine in North America.

Workers emerge from an elevator on Thursday after they were stuck overnight in a shaft at the Cayuga Salt Mine in Lansing, N.Y.

In the end, no miners were injured, and officials said they were never in serious danger.

"This is a really proud day for a lot of us," Shawn Wilczynski of Cargill told reporters after the ordeal.

"We came to the rescue of ourselves."

The miners range in age from their 20s to 60, he said.

Lansing, a town of about 11,000 people, is 10 miles north of Ithaca.

Cargill Inc. spokesman Mark Klein said all 17 miners have been rescued.

Cargill has managed the mine since 1970, when it purchased the site’s mining rights from Cayuga Rock Salt.

According to the company’s website, the mine celebrated five years with no lost time accidents in March, marking one of the best records in the mining industry.

None of the miners has been identified. Representatives for Cargill could not immediately be reached for comment.

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mwagner@nydailynews.com

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Right on!

Glad they made it.