Nearly 70 miners trapped underground for more than 24 hours in a flooded coal mine in central China are still alive, a state-run news agency said Monday. «The 69 miners are in a safe place and their mood is stable,» China News Service reported. It said the miners had been able to telephone out, but did not say what sort of communications system was set up in the state-owned mine. The 69 were trapped when the Zhijian mine in Henan province's Shan County flooded early Sunday, Xinhua News Agency said. Thirty-three miners managed to escape right away. Rescue workers have set up pumps to suck water out of the mine and are also pumping in air, China News Service said.
