Chilean miners surface after 10 weeks without mining anything

Patrick Williams

A group of Chilean miners are under fire today after it was announced publically that they returned to the surface after 10 weeks without mining a single piece of coal, iron-ore, gold or platinum.

 

It is not known at this stage whether the mining company will seek legal action after the miners were suspended without pay for the misdemeanor.

 

A spokesperson for the company confirmed that the miners would face further scrutiny and sanctions in the near future.

 

“Obviously you don’t expect something like this to ever happen. The fact of the matter is that they had 10 weeks underground to go around finding natural resources and collect them. They did nothing. They have abused our trust. Naturally we are quite disappointed.”

 

“You really have to question just what they were doing down there.  They were on company time and we expect all our staff to act professionally and diligently when this is the case. We are extremely upset by their behavior.”

 

When asked by one journalist whether the miners had even found semi-precious copper, the spokesperson was unequivocal in his response.

 

“No, some people have asked me that and the answer is simply ‘no’. To be honest I’m surprised they were even able to find the elevator that got them out. They’d better start practicing though, they will soon need to find new jobs.”

 

Even the miners themselves, such as Juan Pablo Rodriguez, appeared disheartened by the events.

 

“Many people have said to me, ‘Juan, surely you have an excuse as to why you did not mine any coal’ and sadly I have to admit that I have no excuse. We really dug ourselves into a hole on this one.”