2010-09-20 06:51

TAIYUAN, Shanxi - Seven miners were believed to be trapped underground a flooded bauxite mine in North China's Shanxi province Sunday, local authorities said.

Above-ground staff received a call from underground workers saying flood water gushed into a bauxite mine owned by at the Duoshi Mining Co. in Lin County of Lvliang City at 2:35 pm, the Lin county information office said.

Earlier the office mistakenly said the flooding occurred at about 2 am when the seven miners were working underground.

Rescue workers were restoring roads, power and telecommunications disrupted by torrential rains on Saturday and Sunday before pumping out water to reach the trapped miners.

One hydrological station in Lin County recorded as much as 185 mm of rainfall within two hours.