A drilling machine drill through to the flooded coal mine where miners have been trapped since Monday in Wuhai, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 6, 2010. The first drilling target had been finished by getting into 202 meters underground at about 8:40 AM Saturday. The drilled hole will provide air, food and a means of communication for the miners who are believed to have a slim chance of survival. [Xinhua]

Rescuers prepare to send sound and light instruments to mining platform undrground at the site of flooded coal mine in Wuhai, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 6, 2010. [Xinhua]