Rescue crews have worked through the night using drone technology, video imaging and underground mining equipment to try and find two workers trapped in the Dugald River zinc mine after the ground surrounding them caved in.
The latest news out of the rescue effort is a vehicle involved in the incident has been found but no word yet on the whereabouts of the two men.
A drilling rig also fell into the mine, which is 125 metres deep, but the operator managed to escape.
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