This is an amazing ascensor. The first miner reaches the surface in Chile.
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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2 comments:
Marvelous, isn't it?
Mine cave-in stories never end well - until now. And in Chile the miners are the heart of the industrial working class - as they were here - and the mines are a great source of national wealth and pride. So it is an especially powerful for the Chileans.
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