According to DRH records, the four miners were working inside the
shaft owned by a certain Josel Mamac when a powerful blast went off in a
nearby tunnel, sending noxious fumes into their tunnel, suffocating
them.
Police and local officials said they have not received confirmation of the fatal mining accident, however.
Hundreds of makeshift tunnels honeycomb the gold-rich Pamintaran,
one of Compostela Valley’s known minerals-rich mountain villages where
more than 50,000 people dig for gold for a living.
The area is about 100 kilometers south of the more popular Mt.
Diwalwal, which holds one of Asia’s biggest gold mineral reserves.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/623066/4-small-scale-miners-killed-in-tunnel-blast-in-compostela-valley
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