REUTERS, Ivan Alvarado, Chile Mine Vigil.

Natacha Pisarenko/AP, Candles are lit at the site of the Chilean mine where 33 men may be trapped underground for months.

via http://www.overoll.com

Ivan Alvarado Reuters, Relatives rest next to a copper and gold minewhere 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile,

on Aug. 6, a day after a cave-in at the mine. Via http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Chile-mine-collapse/(photo)/27

Eve Bentley, Miners in Chile, via http://cnettv.cnet.com/buried-miners-chile-leave-note-all-alive/9742-1_53-50092022.html

Shrines dedicated to 33 miners trapped in San Jose, Chile Source BBC Via http://www.medpedia.com/news_analysis/339-The-Lancet-Student-Blog/entries/45040-Trapped-miners-and-astronauts

Aug 5, 201033 miners are trapped in a copper and gold mine in San José, Chile, 700

metres below the surface.

«Before being discovered the miners were surviving on two little spoonfuls of tuna, a sip of milk and a biscuit every 48 hours. Rescuers plan to send plastic tubes

called "doves" to the miners containing food, hydration gels and liquid nutrients and medicine.»

Via: http://www.mirror.co.uk/topics/chile-miners/#ixzz10oEaHsQA

Trapped miners in Chile, Getty Images.

Safety sign in coal mine, circa 1915. National Photo Company.http://www.shorpy.com/node/2907

John Collier, Heart of Gold, November 1942. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour No. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Co. Coal miner at end of the day's work, Office of War Information.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/6318

Lewis Wickes Hine, Tipple Boy, August 1908. Tipple boy at the Turkey Knob coal mine in Macdonald, West Virginia. Says the LOC - Patron identifies this as her grandfather, Otha Porter Martin, born July 3, 1897.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/2336

Lewis Wickes Hine, Boys working in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co., South Pittston. January 1911.http://www.shorpy.com/node/81

Lewis Wickes Hine, December 1910. Coal Creek, Tennessee. Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser and coupler on the tipple of the Cross Mountain Mine, Knoxville Iron Co., Coal Creek.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/4235

Luis Hidalgo / AP, Co-workers wait outside a collapsed mine where about 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile, on Aug. 7. http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Chile-mine-collapse/(photo)/25

Luis Hidalgo, A.P., Relatives waiting outside a collapsed mine where about 33 miners are trapped place a Chilean flag in Copiapo, Chile, on Aug. 9.

Via http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Chile-mine-collapse/(photo)/24

Luis Hidalgo / AP, Relatives and miners hold a sign reading in Spanish: 'Strength,' while attending mass outside a collapsed mine where about 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile, on Aug. 10. http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Chile-mine-collapse/(photo)/22

Aug 22, 2010 «A rescue drill reaches penetrates the area the miners are trapped in and

rescue workers hear tapping on the drill.»

Roberto Candia / AP, «Elias Sepulveda and her cousin Katherine embrace in front of a tribute to their relatives, Esteban Rojas and Pablo Rojas, two of the miners

trapped in the collapsed mine.» Via http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

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Chile Miners via CNN

Chile Miners via CNN

Ker Than, Reuters - National Geographic, «Florencio Avalos, one of the trapped miners, is seen Aug. 23 in an image from video. The camera was lowered

more than 2,000 feet into the copper and gold mine.»

Via http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

Chile Miners via CNN

Jose Manuel de la Maza / AP, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera (r.) holds up a plastic bag containing a message from miners trapped in a collapsed minethat reads in Spanish 'We are OK in the refuge, the 33 miners' in Copiapo, Chile, on Aug. 22.

http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Chile-mine-collapse/(photo)/20www.digitaljournal

The Chilean President said the entire nation was elated to receive the good news, AFP, Getty images via www.mirror.co.uk, 25 Agust 2010.

Hector Retamal / AP, Relatives of miners trapped in a collapsed mine react after being informed that one of the drill machines being used in the rescue effort has reached the depth where the miners are thought to be located after 17 days in Copiapo, Chile, on Aug. 22.

http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Chile-mine-collapse/(photo)/21

Ariel Marinkovic / AFP - Getty Images - «Marion Gallardo, the granddaughter of trapped miner Mario Gomez, writes a letter to her grandfather on Wednesday, Aug. 25. The 33 miners

trapped in the San Esteban gold and copper mine in Copiapo, north of Santiago, since Aug. 5 say they are "enduring hell" underground, putting urgency into the rescue operation.»

Via http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/ and http://www.overoll.com

Chile mine collapse - An image of Florencio Avalos, one of the 33 miners trapped in the San Jose collapsed mine, is seen on a TV set near the mine in Copiapo, Chile. Source AP

Aug 23, 2010A microphone, plus other supplies are lowered into the refuge.

Ivan Alvarado / Reuters - «A poster shows pictures of the 33 miners trapped in a deep underground copper and gold mine in Copiapo, Chile, on Aug. 22. The 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground sent a message to the surface tied to a drill saying they were all alive.»

http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Chile-mine-collapse/(photo)/18

Alberto Segovia, outside the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, shows a portrait of his brother Dario Segovia, 48, one of 33 miners trapped inside. via http://www.overoll.com

Hector Retamal / Reuters, Copiapo, Chile, 22 August 2010 - Relatives of trapped miners embrace after learning that the 33 miners were found alive Aug. 22. (Stringer/Chile / Reuters.) Via

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/ and http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-51007520100823

«Chile rejoiced Sunday at news that 33 miners trapped deep below ground for more than two weeks were alive and apparently in good condition, but engineers warned that rescuing them could yet take months. The miners

were able to send up a note through a shaft drilled 700 meters (2,300 feet) into the earth to alert engineers and family members above ground that they were together and alive inside an emergency shelter. "All 33 of us are well inside

the shelter," said the note, written in bold red capital letters.»via http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/International/2010/8/84918/

Relatives of the miners trapped in the San Esteban gold and copper mine wait for news in Chile on Sunday, August 23, 2010.http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/08/22/chile.miners/index.html

http://chicagopressrelease.com/news/33-miners-in-chile-trapped-for-17-days-are-alive

Roberto Candia / AP, Women light candles next to Chilean flags representing 33 trapped miners outside the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, on Aug. 25.

http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Chile-mine-collapse/(photo)/12

«A miner's uniform lies on rocks along with letters and pictures to commemorate the 33 miners who are trapped underground in a copper and gold mine in Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago, August 26, 2010.

The August 5 cave-in at the San Jose mine that trapped 33 miners has increased public pressure on the government to enforce safety conditions at small operations in the world's top copper producer. The note in white reads

"Families be strong, we have faith, we are with you“»Via http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2010-08/27/content_11213602_2.htm

Ariel Marinkovic / AFP - Getty Images - «Chilean pianist Roberto Bravo performs during a show for the relatives of the trapped miners in Copiapo on Aug. 29.»

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

Roberto Candia / AP, Relatives of 33 miners trapped alive in the San Jose mine stand among Chilean flags outside the mine in Copiapo, Chile, on Aug. 29. http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Chile-mine-collapse/(photo)/15

A DRILLING operation has reached 33 miners trapped in a Chilean mine since early August, but the 630m-deep hole now must be widened to bring the men out safely, a government official says. AFP

via http://sallyhanreck.com/1964/drill-reaches-trapped-miners-in-chile/

Aug 31, 2010Rescuers begin drilling rescue shaft to reach

miners.

«As rescuers have had more contact with the men trapped below ground since the Aug. 5 collapse of the northern Chilean mine, a clearer picture is emerging of how they faced an ordeal that has already extended beyond what all but a handful of mining-accident

Survivors have ever endured. The information comes as the rescuers and the miners exchange phone calls and written messages, using a four-inch diameter shaft that has been sunk into the small chamber where the miners are holed up.Early contact reveals

the miners retained self-discipline and a sense of humanity amid deep frustrations. They were well enough organized to have made one effort to escape—a bid that might have succeeded had mine owners kept the proper safety equipment on hand.»

via http://www.overoll.com

Luis Hidalgo, Reuters - «A banner that reads, "We are waiting for you, your families and friends. Luis Zamora and Carlos Barrios" is seen outside the copper and gold mine where 33 miners are trapped near Copiapo, Chile, on Sept. 7. Rescue workers are preparing to begin using a Schramm T130 Drill, normally used to bore water wells,

parallel to another slower one already working, in a bid to reach the miners stuck in a hot and humid tunnel at 2,300 feet.» Via http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Chile-mine-collapse/(photo)/5

«How can you show your support and concern for the 33 miners trapped in the Chilean copper mine? Swim Alcatraz on September 12, 2010! Water World Swim has organized a fundraiser for the families of the 33 trapped miners. Each of the 33 participants in our swim will be assigned the name of one of

the miners. Your swim will be dedicated to acknowledge and honor the individual who's name you will wear on your t-shirt. How is that for some added inspiration to complete your crossing?

A group picture will be taken after the swim which we hope will be given to the miners to show them that the swimmers of the San Francisco Bay are with them in spirit.»

Via http://www.waterworldswim.com/events/ChileAlc/index.html

Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010Time: 8:00amLocation: Aquatic ParkHyde St. and Jefferson St.Distances: 1.5K swim

Aliosha Marquez A / AP - «Relatives of trapped miners Claudio Yanez and Dario Segovia write a message to them with painted stones outside the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Sept. 23.»

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

Ariel Marinkovic / AFP - Getty Images - «Children play Oct. 2 as a worker hangs a sign identifying a module to be used as school room for relatives of the trapped Chilean miners trapped. Many of the families of the miners are

living in what is called "Campo Esperanza" or "Camp Hope.“» http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

EPA, «The long wait -The miners have been trapped underground for more than two months. There are now fears that attempts to rescue them could spark a rockfall.» - via www.dailymail.co.uk

Dario Lopez-mills / AP - «Aurelia Navarro, a volunteer missionary, prays on Oct. 5 during a small ceremony marking the 60 days since miners became trapped.»

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

Natacha Pisarenko / AP - «Carlos Galleguillos and Tabita Galleguillos, relatives of trapped miner Jorge Galleguillos, wait for news outside the San Jose Mine near Copiapo, Chile, on

Monday, Oct. 11. The engineer leading Chilean rescue efforts, Andres Sougarett, said Monday his team successfully tested a rescue capsule nearly all the way down to where

33 miners are trapped.» Via http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

Natacha Pisarenko / AP – 13 Oct. 2010 - «Roxana Gomez, center, daughter of miner Mario Gomez,

and Maria Segovia, right, sister of trapped miner Dario Segovia, react while watching the rescue operations on TV.» Via http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

Hugo Infante / Chilean government via AP – 13 October, 2010 «Miner Osman Araya, right, greets his wife, Angelica Ancalipe, early Wednesday, moments after he was

rescued from the collapsed mine where he had been trapped with 32 others for more than two months.»

Via http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

Hugo Infante / AFP - Getty Images – 13 October, 2010 «Miner Mario Sepulveda celebrates after emerging from the rescue capsule.»

Via http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

Jose Manuel De La Maza / Chilean / EPA – 13 October, 2010 - «Chilean President Sebastian Pinera embraces rescued miner Florencio Avalos, left, after his rescue.»

Via http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

Mariana Bazo / Reuters – 13 October, 2010 - A man clasps his hands together as if in prayer as he watches the rescue operation on a large screen in Copiapo.

Via http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

Natacha Pisarenko / AP - «A helmet sits on a rock covered with the names of the 33 miners trapped in the collapsed San

Jose mine.» Via

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas

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«The first men rescued were the "young ones, the healthier ones that could handle the ascent," said Chile's health minister, Jaime Manalich.»

Mario Sepulveda, 40 years old, the second to be rescued later said he had spent the last 10 weeks "between God and the devil." "They fought, God won," he added.Sebastian Pinera, Chile’s President, said. "Hopefully the spirit of these miners will remain forever with us ... This country is capable of great things."

13 October, 2010

TRAPPED: A TIMELINEAugust 5 - 33 miners are trapped underground when part of the San Jose mine in Chile's Atacama desert collapses.August 7 - A second collapse blocks access to the lower parts of the mine, hampering rescue efforts. Attempts are made to drill holes to the miners, but no contact is made.August 22 - Rescue workers hear tapping on a drill that has reached a depth of 688 metres. The miners are confirmed to be alive. First video of the miners is recorded and shows them to be in a better condition than feared.August 23 - Food, water and communication equipment are sent down a hole to the miners.August 30 - Rescuers decide the best way to free the miners is to drill three shafts and winch them to safety. September 26 - The first of three rescue capsules built to lift out the men arrives at the mine.October 9 - The miners celebrate as a drilling rig breaks through into their underground chamber. It is decided that only the first 96 metres of the shaft need to be reinforced.October 11 - A test rescue capsule is successfully sent to within 40ft of the menVia: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319772/Chilean-miners-fear-roof-collapse-rescue-teams-begin-evacuation.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz12GVZ6wXo

TITLE: LESSONS OF HOPE FROM THE DEEP HEART OF EARTH

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MUSICSource: CD from my personal archive.Slide 1 to 48: Madredeus (Portuguese band), O Pastor (The Shepherd), from the album Antologia, 1990.

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