Three killed at RP gold rush site 08/19/2011

Three killed at RP gold rush site

08/19/2011
Three miners were killed and four others injured in the latest deadly landslide to hit a gold rush area in the southern Philippines, a civil defense official said yesterday.

Heavy rain caused the landslide on Tuesday that buried the miners in a mountainous area of Mindanao island where thousands of people have built their own tunnels in search of gold, said regional civil defense director Liza Mazo.

The miners were sleeping in their bunkhouses, guarding their tunnels, when the landslide hit, she said.

“This area has a steep slope and the soil is loose, so this happens every time in rains. The earth just gave way,” Mazo told AFP..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110819nat2.html