Sat, 06 Mar 2004

Two more miners' bodies found in gold mine: The bodies of another two dead gold miners were removed on Friday afternoon from inside state mining company PT Aneka Tambang (Antam)'s Mount Pongkor gold mine in Bogor regency, upping the confirmed death toll to six. An unknown number of miners are still trapped inside the mine. The police have estimated the number at 200, while Antam says about 90 miners are involved. The rescue team said the dead miners had all been killed by inhaling thick, black smoke from inside the mine, which has also hampered the rescue of the remaining miners and the removal of the dead. -- JP