12 gold miners 'alive' 10 days after Shandong explosion, fate of 10 unknown

A note written on paper retrieved from a gold mine said that 12 workers are still alive while the other 10 are in an unclear situation, after they were trapped following an explosion  in east China's Shandong province, according to local authorities.
State media Xinhua reported tescuers as saying they felt people pulling the iron ropes used to deliver the nutrient solutions on Sunday night. The rescuers previously drilled a channel at 1:56 p.m. on Sunday, knocked on the drilling pipe and got knocking sounds back in response.
The blast took place at 2:00 p.m. on January 10 at a gold mine in Qixia under Yantai city. It happened about 240 meters from the entrance. Twenty-two workers were working more than 600 meters away from there.