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<\/figure>\n\n\nResidents, however, said as many as 44 remained trapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Much of northern Nigeria is rich in minerals, but corruption, illegal operations and poor working conditions are common in mining operations because the deposits are mostly in remote areas with a minimal government presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First responders \u201chad to run for their lives as the mine kept falling inside,\u201d Abdullahi Arah, head of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, said in a preliminary report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rescue operations soon resumed, but expanding the deep pit to locate the trapped workers has been challenging, emergency services spokesperson Ibrahim Hussaini said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen you have something almost as tall as a three-story building down into the ground, how will an excavator get to that place?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Thursday, distraught families watched as rescuers worked to remove the remaining debris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Dozens of workers have been trapped after a gold mine collapsed in northcentral Nigeria, authorities and residents said. Rescuers on Thursday began search operations to account for the missing workers. The pit collapsed on Monday in Niger state\u2019s remote Shiroro district after heavy rains softened the soil. State emergency services announced that one person was…<\/p>\n