Wunderground.com - 3/31/13
Rescuers lead sniffer dogs while searching through rock and debris at a gold mine after a mudslide in Gyama village, in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, Tibet, on March 30. (AP Photo)
BEIJING — Authorities in Tibet said Sunday that chances were slim that any survivors would be found after a massive mudslide at a gold mine buried 83 workers in piles of earth up to 100 feet deep. Searchers have found 11 bodies and were searching for the remaining missing.
The landslide Friday has spotlighted the extensive mining activities in the mountainous Chinese region of Tibet and sparked questions about whether mining activities have been excessive and destroyed the region's fragile ecosystem.
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