Idaho mine closed after 7 miners injured

Friday, December 16, 2011

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The federal government on Thursday temporarily shut down a mile-deep silver mine in Idaho that has been the site of three serious accidents this year, including one this week that left seven miners injured.

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