Utah Mine Collapses

They said there's enough air for them to survive, but they don't know anything other than that. They don't even know if they got the right chamber, they could be off. They'll know as soon as the larger drill gets through, since they can steer that one.

Yeah that was just one of the preliminary tests just going on a hunch, but like you said once they can get that large drill down there they'll definately know, I mean it's been 3 days and they did have some supplies correct? So if they we're found today they could stlil be saved with an instant- IV in the arm and medical attention on scene.

It's been like 4-5 days. The only thing that really endangers them is if they don't have enough water or air. They can live without food for a while.

Then again, they might have just been killed in the collapse and this has all been futile anyway.

I'm sure they have tools to dig deeper for water? Just going with the 'well theory' here.

There's water seeping into the mine that they could drink if they absolutely had to, but that's probably not recommended except for in really bad situations.

Isn't this a really bad situation, though? 4 or 5 days in a mine; they are probably running out of water by now.

They're probably dead and have been since the collapse. Everyone is being very optimistic about it, but you have to be somewhat realistic too.