A handout picture provided by the Government of Chile shows a group of trapped miners waving to a video camera at mine San Jose, near of Copiapo, Chile, 17 September 2010. A drill boring a rescue hole has now reached the 33 Chilean miners trapped since 5 August, officials have said. However, it will take weeks for the 630m deep hole to be redrilled to allow the miners to be pulled out. The width is now 30cm and will need to be about 70cm. It is hoped the men can be freed by early November. EPA/GOVERNMENT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
A handout picture provided by the Government of Chile shows a group of trapped miners waving to a video camera at mine San Jose, near of Copiapo, Chile, 17 September 2010. A drill boring a rescue hole has now reached the 33 Chilean miners trapped since 5 August, officials have said. However, it will take weeks for the 630m deep hole to be redrilled to allow the miners to be pulled out. The width is now 30cm and will need to be about 70cm. It is hoped the men can be freed by early November. EPA/GOVERNMENT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa
A handout image provided by state Copper company, Codelco, on 26 August 2010, shows one of the 33 miners who have been trapped 700 meters underground since 05 August in Copiapo, northern Chile. In fresh images spread by Chilean tv stations after the miners have been trapped for over 21 days, they appeared skinny and bearded. EPA/CODELCO HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
A handout image provided by state Copper company, Codelco, on 26 August 2010, shows one of the 33 miners who have been trapped 700 meters underground since 05 August in Copiapo, northern Chile. In fresh images spread by Chilean tv stations after the miners have been trapped for over 21 days, they appeared skinny and bearded. EPA/CODELCO HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa/DPA | dpa
The Raisebore Strata 950 drill, which will make the hole by which they will rescue the 33 chilean miners, is being installed at the San Jose mine, located at the Atacama desert, in Chile on 30 August 2010. The 33 workers, which are trapped since 05 August 2010 at the San Jose mine, received a message from the UN secretary, Ban Ki-moon, who said he trusts that the rescue will be successful. EPA/Esteban González +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
The Raisebore Strata 950 drill, which will make the hole by which they will rescue the 33 chilean miners, is being installed at the San Jose mine, located at the Atacama desert, in Chile on 30 August 2010. The 33 workers, which are trapped since 05 August 2010 at the San Jose mine, received a message from the UN secretary, Ban Ki-moon, who said he trusts that the rescue will be successful. EPA/Esteban González +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa/DPA | dpa
A view of the campsite at the San Jose mine, located in the Atacama desert, Chile, on 30 August 2010, where drilling operations to save miners are taking place. The 33 Chilean mineworkers who have been trapped 700 metres underground for more than three weeks have asked the authorities to send them alcohol, the Spanish daily El Pais reported 30 August. In their first telephone conversation with President Sebastian Pineda, the miners had asked for
A view of the campsite at the San Jose mine, located in the Atacama desert, Chile, on 30 August 2010, where drilling operations to save miners are taking place. The 33 Chilean mineworkers who have been trapped 700 metres underground for more than three weeks have asked the authorities to send them alcohol, the Spanish daily El Pais reported 30 August. In their first telephone conversation with President Sebastian Pineda, the miners had asked for "a glass wine" to celebrate the bicentennial of their country?s independence from Spain, El Pais said. EPA/Esteban Gonzalez +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa/DPA | dpa
An image made from a video released by Television Nacional de Chile via the Chilean government Thursday Aug. 26, 2010, shows one of the trapped miners in the underground chamber shaking his fist. (AP Photo/Television Nacional de Chile)
An image made from a video released by Television Nacional de Chile via the Chilean government Thursday Aug. 26, 2010, shows one of the trapped miners in the underground chamber shaking his fist. (AP Photo/Television Nacional de Chile) © AP | AP
An image made from a video released by Television Nacional de Chile via the Chilean government Thursday Aug. 26, 2010, shows the trapped miners in their underground chamber. (AP Photo/Television Nacional de Chile)
An image made from a video released by Television Nacional de Chile via the Chilean government Thursday Aug. 26, 2010, shows the trapped miners in their underground chamber. (AP Photo/Television Nacional de Chile) © AP | AP
Bibles, to be sent for each one of 33 trapped miners, are displayed by priest Carlos Parra outside the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. The miners were trapped by an Aug. 5 collapse, and rescuers established contact with them Sunday by drilling a 6-inch-wide (15-centimeter-wide) hole to the shelter. That hole and two others are now lifelines, delivering supplies, communications and fresh air to the miners while they wait for an escape tunnel to be drilled. (AP Photo/ Roberto Candia)
Bibles, to be sent for each one of 33 trapped miners, are displayed by priest Carlos Parra outside the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. The miners were trapped by an Aug. 5 collapse, and rescuers established contact with them Sunday by drilling a 6-inch-wide (15-centimeter-wide) hole to the shelter. That hole and two others are now lifelines, delivering supplies, communications and fresh air to the miners while they wait for an escape tunnel to be drilled. (AP Photo/ Roberto Candia) © AP | AP
Martina, right, embraces Liset, both nieces of miner Mario Gomez, one of the 33 miners trapped at the San Jose mine, as they stand outside the mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. The miners were trapped by an Aug. 5 collapse, and rescuers established contact with them Sunday by drilling a 6-inch-wide (15-centimeter-wide) hole to the shelter. That hole and two others are now lifelines, delivering supplies, communications and fresh air to the miners while they wait for an escape tunnel to be drilled. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Martina, right, embraces Liset, both nieces of miner Mario Gomez, one of the 33 miners trapped at the San Jose mine, as they stand outside the mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. The miners were trapped by an Aug. 5 collapse, and rescuers established contact with them Sunday by drilling a 6-inch-wide (15-centimeter-wide) hole to the shelter. That hole and two others are now lifelines, delivering supplies, communications and fresh air to the miners while they wait for an escape tunnel to be drilled. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) © AP | AP
A worker fills a tube with supplies for miners trapped in a deep underground copper and gold mine at Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago August 25, 2010. Engineers are preparing to install a big drill to rescue 33 miners trapped for 20 days deep in a Chilean mine, and will send down games to help them cope with a wait that could last until Christmas. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
A worker fills a tube with supplies for miners trapped in a deep underground copper and gold mine at Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago August 25, 2010. Engineers are preparing to install a big drill to rescue 33 miners trapped for 20 days deep in a Chilean mine, and will send down games to help them cope with a wait that could last until Christmas. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) © REUTERS | REUTERS
Two women site near the San Jose mine were 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. The miners have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5.(AP Photo/ Roberto Candia)
Two women site near the San Jose mine were 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. The miners have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5.(AP Photo/ Roberto Candia) © AP | AP
A policeman patrols the area where 33 miners are trapped underground in a copper and gold mine in Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago August 25, 2010. Chile said on Wednesday it would send anti-depressants down a tiny shaft to 33 miners trapped half a mile underground for 20 days, as it prepares to tell them it will take three more months to dig them out. Rescuers are now sending fresh clothes, medicine and games down the 2,300 feet (700 meters) bore hole the diameter of a grapefruit to help keep the men physically and mentally fit for the grueling wait ahead. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
A policeman patrols the area where 33 miners are trapped underground in a copper and gold mine in Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago August 25, 2010. Chile said on Wednesday it would send anti-depressants down a tiny shaft to 33 miners trapped half a mile underground for 20 days, as it prepares to tell them it will take three more months to dig them out. Rescuers are now sending fresh clothes, medicine and games down the 2,300 feet (700 meters) bore hole the diameter of a grapefruit to help keep the men physically and mentally fit for the grueling wait ahead. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) © REUTERS | REUTERS
Workers lower a tube with supplies to miners trapped in a deep underground copper and gold mine at Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago August 25, 2010. Engineers are preparing to install a big drill to rescue 33 miners trapped for 20 days deep in a Chilean mine, and will send down games to help them cope with a wait that could last until Christmas. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
Workers lower a tube with supplies to miners trapped in a deep underground copper and gold mine at Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago August 25, 2010. Engineers are preparing to install a big drill to rescue 33 miners trapped for 20 days deep in a Chilean mine, and will send down games to help them cope with a wait that could last until Christmas. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) © REUTERS | REUTERS
A work team prepares the land where a special drill, the Xtrata 950, which will dig an escape hole for the 33 miners who are trapped underground in a copper and gold mine, will be used in Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago August 25, 2010. Chile said on Wednesday it would send anti-depressants down a tiny shaft to 33 miners trapped half a mile underground for 20 days, as it prepares to tell them it will take three more months to dig them out. Rescuers are now sending fresh clothes, medicine and games down the 2,300 feet (700 meters) bore hole the diameter of a grapefruit to help keep the men physically and mentally fit for the grueling wait ahead. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
A work team prepares the land where a special drill, the Xtrata 950, which will dig an escape hole for the 33 miners who are trapped underground in a copper and gold mine, will be used in Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago August 25, 2010. Chile said on Wednesday it would send anti-depressants down a tiny shaft to 33 miners trapped half a mile underground for 20 days, as it prepares to tell them it will take three more months to dig them out. Rescuers are now sending fresh clothes, medicine and games down the 2,300 feet (700 meters) bore hole the diameter of a grapefruit to help keep the men physically and mentally fit for the grueling wait ahead. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) © REUTERS | REUTERS
A special drill, theXtrata 950, which will dig an escape hole for the 33 miners who are trapped underground in a copper and gold mine, is seen inside the mine at Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago August 25, 2010. Chile said on Wednesday it would send anti-depressants down a tiny shaft to 33 miners trapped half a mile underground for 20 days, as it prepares to tell them it will take three more months to dig them out. Rescuers are now sending fresh clothes, medicine and games down the 2,300 feet (700 meters) bore hole the diameter of a grapefruit to help keep the men physically and mentally fit for the grueling wait ahead. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
A special drill, theXtrata 950, which will dig an escape hole for the 33 miners who are trapped underground in a copper and gold mine, is seen inside the mine at Copiapo, some 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago August 25, 2010. Chile said on Wednesday it would send anti-depressants down a tiny shaft to 33 miners trapped half a mile underground for 20 days, as it prepares to tell them it will take three more months to dig them out. Rescuers are now sending fresh clothes, medicine and games down the 2,300 feet (700 meters) bore hole the diameter of a grapefruit to help keep the men physically and mentally fit for the grueling wait ahead. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) © REUTERS | REUTERS
Carlos Araya places the image of San Expedito, Saint Expeditus, next to a Chilean flag with the name of a relative, one of the 33 miners trapped at the collapsed mine San Jose in Copiapo, Chile, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. The miners, who have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5, were confirmed to be alive Sunday when they were reached by rescue teams via a small hole through which they could pass messages and see the miners with a camera . (AP Photo/ Roberto Candia)
Carlos Araya places the image of San Expedito, Saint Expeditus, next to a Chilean flag with the name of a relative, one of the 33 miners trapped at the collapsed mine San Jose in Copiapo, Chile, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. The miners, who have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5, were confirmed to be alive Sunday when they were reached by rescue teams via a small hole through which they could pass messages and see the miners with a camera . (AP Photo/ Roberto Candia) © AP | AP
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera holds a woman after known that the 33 miners trapped deep underground for 17 days are alive, in Copiapo, Chile, 22 August 2010. Miners send a handwritten note with the message
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera holds a woman after known that the 33 miners trapped deep underground for 17 days are alive, in Copiapo, Chile, 22 August 2010. Miners send a handwritten note with the message "All 33 of us are fine in the shelter". As the news of the miners? survival reached the surface, family members applauded, cried and fell into each others? arms with joy. Many dubbed the news a miracle. EPA/ESTEBAN GONZALEZ +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa/DPA | dpa
A picture dated 22 August 2010 shows Chilean relatives waiting outside a collapsed mine where about 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile. Relatives celebrated the arrival of a probe to where the trapped miners are supposed to be. Photo: Hector Retamal/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
A picture dated 22 August 2010 shows Chilean relatives waiting outside a collapsed mine where about 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile. Relatives celebrated the arrival of a probe to where the trapped miners are supposed to be. Photo: Hector Retamal/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa
A poster shows pictures of the thirty-three miners trapped in a deep underground copper and gold mine in Copiapo, 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago, August 22, 2010. The thirty-three Chilean miners trapped deep underground sent a message to the surface tied to a drill on Sunday, saying they were all alive in their first contact since a cave-in 17 days ago, but experts said it would take months to dig them out. President Sebastian Pinera said the paper message was tied to a perforation drill that rescuers used to bore through to the area near an underground shelter, where the miners took shelter after the August 5 collapse at the gold and copper mine in the far north. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY HEADSHOT)
A poster shows pictures of the thirty-three miners trapped in a deep underground copper and gold mine in Copiapo, 725 km (450 miles) north of Santiago, August 22, 2010. The thirty-three Chilean miners trapped deep underground sent a message to the surface tied to a drill on Sunday, saying they were all alive in their first contact since a cave-in 17 days ago, but experts said it would take months to dig them out. President Sebastian Pinera said the paper message was tied to a perforation drill that rescuers used to bore through to the area near an underground shelter, where the miners took shelter after the August 5 collapse at the gold and copper mine in the far north. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY HEADSHOT) © REUTERS | REUTERS
Relatives of the miners trapped in the San Esteban gold and copper mine, hug each other as the news that a probe has reached the place were they might be are announced, near the city of Copiapo, Atacama desert, 800 km (480 miles) north of Santiago, on August 22, 2010. A drill probe seeking to determine whether 33 miners trapped for two weeks in a Chilean mine were still alive finally arrived at an emergency refuge where they might be, but no news of their situation has been released so far. AFP PHOTO/ HECTOR RETAMAL
Relatives of the miners trapped in the San Esteban gold and copper mine, hug each other as the news that a probe has reached the place were they might be are announced, near the city of Copiapo, Atacama desert, 800 km (480 miles) north of Santiago, on August 22, 2010. A drill probe seeking to determine whether 33 miners trapped for two weeks in a Chilean mine were still alive finally arrived at an emergency refuge where they might be, but no news of their situation has been released so far. AFP PHOTO/ HECTOR RETAMAL © AFP | AFP
A picture dated 22 August 2010 shows Chilean relatives waiting outside a collapsed mine where about 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile. Relatives celebrated the arrival of a probe to where the trapped miners are supposed to be. Photo: Hector Retamal/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
A picture dated 22 August 2010 shows Chilean relatives waiting outside a collapsed mine where about 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile. Relatives celebrated the arrival of a probe to where the trapped miners are supposed to be. Photo: Hector Retamal/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa
Relatives of the miners trapped in the San Esteban gold and copper mine, stand by as the news that a probe has reached the place were they might be are announced, near the city of Copiapo, Atacama desert, 800 km (480 miles) north of Santiago, on August 22, 2010. A drill probe seeking to determine whether 33 miners trapped for two weeks in a Chilean mine were still alive finally arrived at an emergency refuge where they might be, but no news of their situation has been released so far. AFP PHOTO/ HECTOR RETAMAL
Relatives of the miners trapped in the San Esteban gold and copper mine, stand by as the news that a probe has reached the place were they might be are announced, near the city of Copiapo, Atacama desert, 800 km (480 miles) north of Santiago, on August 22, 2010. A drill probe seeking to determine whether 33 miners trapped for two weeks in a Chilean mine were still alive finally arrived at an emergency refuge where they might be, but no news of their situation has been released so far. AFP PHOTO/ HECTOR RETAMAL © AFP | AFP
A relative of a miner trapped in the San Esteban gold and copper mine, stands by an altar set in the open, as the news that a probe has reached the place were they might be are announced, near the city of Copiapo, Atacama desert, 800 km (480 miles) north of Santiago, on August 22, 2010. A drill probe seeking to determine whether 33 miners trapped for two weeks in a Chilean mine were still alive finally arrived at an emergency refuge where they might be, but no news of their situation has been released so far. AFP PHOTO/ HECTOR RETAMAL
A relative of a miner trapped in the San Esteban gold and copper mine, stands by an altar set in the open, as the news that a probe has reached the place were they might be are announced, near the city of Copiapo, Atacama desert, 800 km (480 miles) north of Santiago, on August 22, 2010. A drill probe seeking to determine whether 33 miners trapped for two weeks in a Chilean mine were still alive finally arrived at an emergency refuge where they might be, but no news of their situation has been released so far. AFP PHOTO/ HECTOR RETAMAL © AFP | AFP
FILER - A picture dated 16 August 2010 shows a general view of collapsed mine where about 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile. A hundred of Chilean rescuers stepped up the drilling work in the mountains of the Atacama desert to save of a certain death almost 33 miners buried since 6 August 2010 under tons of rock. Unsuccessful new attempt to contact the trapped miners in Chile, 19 August 2010. Photo: Marcelo Hernandez/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
FILER - A picture dated 16 August 2010 shows a general view of collapsed mine where about 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile. A hundred of Chilean rescuers stepped up the drilling work in the mountains of the Atacama desert to save of a certain death almost 33 miners buried since 6 August 2010 under tons of rock. Unsuccessful new attempt to contact the trapped miners in Chile, 19 August 2010. Photo: Marcelo Hernandez/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © /DPA | dpa
A picture dated 17 August 2010 shows Chilean relatives wait outside a collapsed mine where about 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile. A hundred of Chilean rescuers stepped up the drilling work in the mountains of the Atacama desert to save of a certain death almost 33 miners buried since 6 August 2010 under tons of rock. Unsuccessful new attempt to contact the trapped miners in Chile, 19 August 2010. Photo: Marcelo Hernandez/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
A picture dated 17 August 2010 shows Chilean relatives wait outside a collapsed mine where about 33 miners are trapped in Copiapo, Chile. A hundred of Chilean rescuers stepped up the drilling work in the mountains of the Atacama desert to save of a certain death almost 33 miners buried since 6 August 2010 under tons of rock. Unsuccessful new attempt to contact the trapped miners in Chile, 19 August 2010. Photo: Marcelo Hernandez/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa