Victims of Crandall Canyon Mine disaster

TIMELINE

Day 1: Aug. 6 —A seismic event registering 3.9 on the Richter scale is recorded by the University of Utah Seismograph Stations in the area of the Crandall Canyon Mine at 2:48 a.m.

• About an hour later, an Emery County sheriff's deputy receives a call about a mine collapse.

• Rescuers attempt four separate ways to access six miners believed to be trapped 1,800 feet underground.

Day 2: Aug. 7 — Another seismic "bump" collapses part of the tunnel, shutting down underground rescue work. "We are back to square one underground," mine owner Bob Murray says.

• During a news conference, Murray offers updates but also attacks unions and some news media outlets.

• Atop the mountain, workers clear a road and begin drilling a 2-inch-diameter 1,800-foot vertical shaft.

Day 3: Aug. 8 — Drilling efforts on the mountain above the mine make progress, cutting more than halfway to the chamber.

• The names of the trapped miners are learned. "They'll walk out of there," one family member says.

• Utahns pray at vigils and celebrate Mass for the miners and their families.

Day 4: Aug. 9 —Descending 1,868 feet, the drill boring a 2-inch hole breaks through into a chamber at 9:47 p.m. A microphone picks up no human noise. Oxygen-level samples from the mine vary.

• A high-resolution camera is flown in as another drill grinds steadily toward the collapsed area.

• Communities in Utah's coal country rally behind families of trapped miners.

Day 5: Aug. 10 —As work continues in the mine tunnels, federal mine officials say the drill may have missed the chamber where the trapped miners are.

• The families of three of the trapped miners ask people to "light a candle and raise a prayer for our miners."

Day 6: Aug. 11— A second, larger drill punches an 8 5/8-inch hole into the mine about 3 a.m. After quieting their machines, rescuers tap on the drill steel but hear no response.

• A camera is lowered, and rescuers later announce they have found "survivable space" in the area where the drill broke through but no trace of the miners. Water and other obstacles hamper the camera.