A handout picture provided by Chilean State owned copper mining company Codelco of a video image of some 33 workers trapped 700 meters underneath the surface in San Jose mine, 80 kms north from Copiapo, Chile, on 29 August 2010. EPA/CODELCO / HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A handout picture provided by State copper company Codelco of a video image of Claudio Yazez, one of the 33 workers trapped 700 meters underneath the surface in San Jose mine, 80 kms north from Copiapo, Chile, on 29 August 2010. The 33 men trapped in a Chilean mine were able to speak with their families for the first time as authorities lowered a cable 700 metres below ground to where the miners are trapped. The start of drilling for a rescue shaft to reach the miners was due to begin 30 August after being delayed because technical preparations had yet to be finished over the weekend. The miners have been trapped since August 5 when a tunnel collapsed at the mine, located about 700 kilometres north of Santiago. EPA/CODELCO / HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
Relatives and friends gather for a candle light service at the San Jose mine, 80 kms north from Copiapo, Chile, on 29 August 2010. The 33 men trapped in a Chilean mine were able to speak with their families for the first time as authorities lowered a cable 700 metres below ground to where the miners are trapped. The start of drilling for a rescue shaft to reach the miners was due to begin 30 August after being delayed because technical preparations had yet to be finished over the weekend. The miners have been trapped since August 5 when a tunnel collapsed at the mine, located about 700 kilometres north of Santiago. EPA/Esteban Gonzalez
Minery Chilean Minister, Laurence Golborne, introduces a lantern through the pipes used to feed and provide goods to the miners trapped at the San Jose mine, 80 kms north from Copiapo, Chile, on 29 August 2010. The 33 workers trapped 700 meters underneath the surface have been receiving supplies to ease their lives underground, while the start of the rescue operationsis imminent, according to the authorities. EPA/Esteban Gonzalez
A worker operates the machine which provides oxigen to the miners trapped at the San Jose mine, 80 kms north from Copiapo, Chile, on 29 August 2010. The 33 workers trapped 700 meters underneath the surface have been receiving supplies to ease their lives underground, while the start of the rescue operationsis imminent, according to the authorities. EPA/Esteban Gonzalez
A handout combo picture provided on 25 August 2010 by Diario Atacama shows the 33 miners that are still trapped in a mine in Copiapo, Chile. First line (L-R), Alex Vega Salazar, Ariel Ticona Yanez, Carlos Bugueno Alfaro, Calros Barrios Contreras, Carlos Mamani Solis, Claudio Acuna Cortes, Claudio Yanez Lagos, Daniel Herrera Campos, Dario Segovia Rojas, Edison Penaa Villarroel and Esteban Rojas Carrizo. Second line (L-R) Florencio Avalos Silva, Franklin Lobos Ramirez, Jimmy Sanchez Lagues, Jorge Galleguillos, Jose Ojeda Vidal, Jose Henriquez Gonzalez, Juan Illanes Palma, Juan Aguilar Gaete, Luis Alberto Urzua, Mario Gomez Heredia and Mario Sepúlveda Espina. Third line (L-R) Omar Orlando Reygada Rojas, Osman Isidro Araya Acuna, Pablo Amadeos Rojas Villacorta, Pedro Cortez, Raul Enriquez Bustos Ibanez, Renan Avalos Silva, Richard Villarroel Godoy, Samuel Avalos Acuna, Victor Segovia Rojas, Victor Zamora Bugueno and Yonny Barrios Rojas. EPA/Diario Atacama / HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALESepa A handout combo picture provided on 25 August 2010 by Diario Atacama shows the 33 miners that are still trapped in a mine in Copiapo, Chile. First line (L-R), Alex Vega Salazar, Ariel Ticona Yanez, Carlos Bugueno Alfaro, Calros Barrios Contreras, Carlos Mamani Solis, Claudio Acuna Cortes, Claudio Yanez Lagos, Daniel Herrera Campos, Dario Segovia Rojas, Edison Penaa Villarroel and Esteban Rojas Carrizo. Second line (L-R) Florencio Avalos Silva, Franklin Lobos Ramirez, Jimmy Sanchez Lagues, Jorge Galleguillos, Jose Ojeda Vidal, Jose Henriquez Gonzalez, Juan Illanes Palma, Juan Aguilar Gaete, Luis Alberto Urzua, Mario Gomez Heredia and Mario Sepúlveda Espina. Third line (L-R) Omar Orlando Reygada Rojas, Osman Isidro Araya Acuna, Pablo Amadeos Rojas Villacorta, Pedro Cortez, Raul Enriquez Bustos Ibanez, Renan Avalos Silva, Richard Villarroel Godoy, Samuel Avalos Acuna, Victor Segovia Rojas, Victor Zamora Bugueno and Yonny Barrios Rojas. EPA/Diario Atacama / HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A Chilean boy places a candle in an altar at a camp in the San Jose mine near Copiapo, 830 km away of Santiago, Chile, on 24 August 2010, after Chilean President Sebastian Pinera recognized that the rescue of the workers trapped is likely to run until the end of the year. EPA/CLAUDIO REYES
A man holds a video camera before inserting it to the probe after knowing their workmates are still alive 700 meters under the surface at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, on 25 August 2010. On 22 August 2010 the 33 miners sent a note from their shelter reading 'All 33 of us are fine in the shelter.' EPA/ESTEBAN GONZALEZ
