UNDERGROUND

Initial Pike River sweep turns up nothing

A FORENSIC search of the 30m to 170m area in the Pike River Mine drift on New Zealand’s South Island has found nothing.

A walkway over two weirs in the Pike River mine drift.

A walkway over two weirs in the Pike River mine drift.

The search was conducted by the Pike River Recovery Agency with the support and oversight of the New Zealand Police. That is not too surprising though, given how heavily traversed that drift has been...

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