UTAH Miners - three rescuers die in attempt to reach the trapped miners

"Future of Utah mine rescue effort uncertain after cave-in kills 3; miners' fate unknown (7:06 a.m.)

By The Associated Press

Article Launched: 08/17/2007 07:10:26 AM MDT

By The Associated Press

HUNTINGTON, Utah — The search for six miners missing deep underground was abruptly halted after a second cave-in killed three rescue workers and injured at least six others who were trying to tunnel through rubble to reach them.

It was a devastating turn for the families of the six men trapped in the Aug. 6 collapse at the Crandall Canyon mine and for the relatives of those trying to rescue them. It's not known if the trapped miners are alive...."
http://www.lcsun-news.com/latest/ci_6648396

THE ASARCO COVER-UP CONTINUES.....

Asarco begins cleanup in Anapra (4:30 p.m.)
Sun News Report
Las Cruces Sun-News
http://www.lcsun-news.com/latest/ci_6641360

ANAPRA, N.M. (AP) — A copper company has begun cleaning up lead and arsenic contamination in the soil around the community of Anapra on the New Mexico-Texas border at the request of the state Environmental Department.

The department said soil was contaminated by the Asarco copper smelter mill in nearby El Paso, Texas.

The $200,000 project, expected to be completed by the end of August, involves removing up to two feet of contaminated soils from yards, backfilling the yards with clean dirt, then landscaping.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is overseeing the cleanup, and the state agency has asked that contaminated soil be taken to an El Paso landfill [Clint Landfill] instead of at the Camino Real landfill in New Mexico.....