Utah Mine Collapse

Cassie Phillips, a sister of Brandon Phillips, sits in a car after talking to reporters on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, in Huntington, Utah. Brandon Phillips is one of six coal miners trapped inside the Crandall Canyon Mine. Officials said a sixth exploratory hole 1,700 feet below ground would be drilled beginning Thursday, in the area where the miners were last believed to have been working.

Two family members pause at the casket of Gary Lynn Jensen after his burial in Redmond, Utah, on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007. Jensen was killed on Aug. 16, 2007, trying to rescue six trapped miners in the Crandall Canyon Mine.

An ambulance leaves the Crandall Canyon Mine where rescue efforts were halted for the six coal miners who have been trapped inside for 11 days, in northwest Huntington, Utah, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, after a second cave-in killed three rescue workers and injured at least six others trying to tunnel through rubble to reach them.

Adilene Lerma, 10, is comforted by her mother Maria, center, at the Crandall Canyon Mine as they check on the condition of Adilene's father, Natalio, who is a rescue team member at the mine in northwest Huntington, Utah, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. Mine officials report Natalio Lerma was uninjured but three rescuers were killed by a second cave-in at the mine.

Tomas Hernandez holds a photo of his nephew, miner Luis Hernandez, one of the six coal miners trapped in the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah. A week after the collapse on Monday, August 6, a camera lowered into the coal mine Sunday revealed equipment but not the six missing miners, and officials planned to drill another hole in a desperate hope of finding signs of life.

A rescuer walks in the blocked tunnel in the Crandall Canyon Mine where six coal miners are trapped Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, northwest of Huntington, Utah. The collapse is located just over three miles from the surface.

Robert Murray, founder and chairman of Cleveland-based Murray Energy Corp., points to rubble blocking a tunnel in the Crandall Canyon Mine where six coal miners are trapped Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, northwest of Huntington, Utah. The collapse is located just over three miles from the surface.

The entrance of the tunnel at the Crandall Canyon Mine where six coal miners are trapped is shown Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, northwest of Huntington, Utah.

Rescuers work near a mine shaft at the Crandall Canyon Mine during a tour showing rescue efforts for six trapped coal miners, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, northwest of Huntington, Utah. The shaft seen in the background is not the one where the miners are trapped.

Aspen Hansen walks in front of a banner supporting the families of the six trapped coal miners Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007, in Huntington, Utah. Rescuers bulldozed a mountain path Tuesday to erect a seismic listening device outside the mine where six miners had been trapped for more than a day, hoping to establish contact, one of the mine's owners said.

Robert Murray, founder and chairman of Cleveland-based Murray Energy Corp., provides an update on the rescue efforts for six trapped coal miners during a news conference at the entrance to the Crandall Canyon Mine on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007, near Huntington, Utah. Seismic activity "totally shut down" efforts to reach six miners trapped below ground and has wiped out all the work done in the past day, a mine executive said.

Seismic listening equipment arrives at the entrance to the Crandall Canyon Mine on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007, northwest of Huntington, Utah. Rescue efforts continue for six trapped coal miners.

Miners head to their vehicle after their shift working to rescue six coal miners trapped by a cave-in at the Crandall Canyon Mine on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007, northwest of Huntington, Utah. Efforts to reach the miners trapped more than 1,500 feet underground will take at least three days, and rescuers weren't even sure the men survived the cave-in, one of the mine's owners said.

An aerial view of the Crandall Canyon Mine in Huntington, Utah, where miners are trapped, seen Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. Efforts to reach six coal miners trapped more than 1,500 feet underground in Utah will take at least three days, and rescuers were not even sure the men had survived the cave-in, one of the mine's owners said Tuesday.

Cassi Gomez talks about her husband who is one of the rescue workers searching for trapped miners at the Crandall Canyon Mine, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, in Huntington, Utah.

Robert Murray, right, chairman of Murray Energy Corp. of Cleveland, a part owner of the Crandall Canyon mine speaks with the media about the ongoing efforts to save 6 miners trapped in the collapsed mine Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, in Huntington, Utah. Doug Johnson, left, director of corporate services at an affiliated company, UtahAmerican Energy, said rescuers had made "decent progress," but were not much closer to the men.

An unidentified woman sits outside of the Emery County Senior Citizens Huntington Center to make a phone call in Huntington, Utah, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, after a mine collapsed. Six miners were trapped in a coal mine Monday by a cave-in.

Family members and friends of six trapped coal miners in the Crandall Canyon Mine congregate at the senior center Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, in Huntington, Utah. Hundreds of rescuers broke through walls of rock in a desperate race to reach six coal miners trapped 1,500 feet below ground by a cave-in at the mine.

Utah Highway Patrolman Sgt. R. Warren Nelson mans the checkpoint at the entrance to the mine site where a command post has been set up to deal with the mine collapse in Huntington, Utah, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. Six miners were trapped in a coal mine Monday by a cave-in.

Jason Nichols moves his boots to make room for another miner as they go to help in the rescue of six trapped coal miners at the entrance to the Crandall Canyon Mine on Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, northwest of Huntington, Utah.