More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and emaciated ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa —They look like the walking dead. Dusty men, skin and hair caked in dirt, skeletal. Some struggle to walk and collapse. They blink like moles in the harsh South African ...

Deep inside a massive gold mine, exploration reaches a point where dry tunnels give way to flooded lower levels. Water has slowly filled sections once used for extraction, cutting off access to deeper ...

Rescue workers look on as a cage is lifted from an abandoned gold shaft in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Thursday. They look like the walking dead. Dusty men, skin and hair caked in dirt, skeletal.