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Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold Price Monitor
GDXJ 94.04+0.6%Nov 21 4:00 PM EST

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To: sea_urchin who wrote (32398)4/23/1999 8:19:00 AM
From: John Hunt  Read Replies (2) of 116764
 
South African miners missing after quake

<< Two miners were missing after a strong earthquake hit the South African gold mining town of Welkom on Friday, forcing a rescue mission to evacuate 1,000 miners trapped underground.

The tremor, which measured 4.2 on the Richter scale, caused widespread damage to buildings and halted operations at a mine operated by the world's biggest gold producer, AngloGold Ltd. >>

abcnews.go.com

The internet beats the media again with news ... Interesting that it is reported 4.2 here and 6.0 at the official reporting site.

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