About twenty two miners were pulled from an illegal mine shaft on Monday. They became stuck over the weekend and others are refusing to come out and face arrest. In Benoni near Johannesburg after 48 hours police heard cries from a mine entrance that had been blocked by a large boulder. Police suspect the miners were robbed by a rival group and blocked the mine exit, reported a south african media outlet. There had been two hundred miners trapped, but the ones who emerged would not tell about the others worried about trouble with the law. The ones who have been rescued are behind bars awaiting prosecution. No one knows if the other miners are injured but they are not going to save the miners they made it so they can get out on their own time. Illegal mining is common in South Africa, a major producer of gold and platinum.
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