Four gold miners die

Four gold miners die

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Four miners died in a landslide
Saturday while working in a prohibited gold mining area in Kelian
Dalam Long Iram, Kutai regency.

The chief of Kutai District Police, Lt. Col. Iwan Ismed, said
the bodies of Sukruk, Azis, Amran and Udin had been dug out from
under a pile of earth that they had been spraying with water to
extract gold.

"Mining by spraying water on soil is prohibited because it can
endanger lives and pollute the river," Iwan was quoted by Antara
as saying. (imn)