Frustration mounts over broken gear in Chile mine rescue

Rescuers in Chile are increasingly frustrated over their inabilitymobile vibrating screen dealer in uae to pull out a broken drill bit stuck deep inside a shaft drilled to get out 33 miners trapped underground since August 5.

If the part cannot be fully retrieved, drilling of the so-called "Plan B" attempt, which initially showed great promise until a bit of the Schramm T-130 drill broke off inside the shaft at mid-week, may be abandoned, officials said. "Plan B remains stopped at 268 meters (880 feet)," said Rene Aguilar, an engineer at the mine coordinating rescue work. The shaft is supposed to reach a depth of 630 meters (2,070 feet) deep. "Early in the morning we worked with a magnet" in an attempt to pull out all the broken drill pieces. "We have already pulled out one-third of the part," Aguilar said. Mining Minister Laurence Golborne said Saturday that drilling could not continue unless the broken part was extracted.