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Urgent: 11 feared dead as gold mine collapses in western Indonesia

Xinhua, October 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

A gold mine collapsed in Indonesia's western Jambi province, leaving 11 miners buried 50 meters underground, a senior official at the provincial disaster management agency said on Tuesday. Endit