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A team of miners from Western Xinjiang Province was waiting incredible surprise when they excavated a gallery on section of an old mine that was abandoned 17 years ago after earthquake that caused the collapse of large sections tunnels.
During the exploration of the galleries, they stumbled upon a 59-year-old a surviving miner who remained in a piled mine after an accident occurred in 1997, writes worldnewsdailyreport.com.
The miner was exhausted and was immediately taken to hospital, for full assessment of his physical and mental state. Miner Zhang remained trapped underground after an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 occurred in the area and caused the collapse of the mine.
Zhang was able to survive due to the fact that in that part of the mine in which he turned out to be ventilation ducts, which provided him air access and helped save his life.
He managed to survive thanks to an emergency supply of rice and water, stored in an underground depot and provided specifically for such case. The man supplemented his diet by catching and eating rats, who lived in the mine, and also collected in large quantities some phosphorescent organisms that made it up source of vitamins.
Mine accidents remain common in China, despite an increase in government measures to reduce such disasters in which more than 4,000 miners die annually.
The incredible case of the survival of miner Zhang for 17 years in heaped mine – unique. Underground Survival Record was 142 days old and belonged to a Briton named Jeff Smith. is he voluntarily buried himself in the courtyard of his beloved pub, with the intention of make a record.
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