Rio de Janeiro, April 22 (IANS/EFE) Five miners died in a elevator accident at an emerald mine in northeastern Brazil, officials said.
The elevator the workers were riding in crashed into its shaft from a height of 100 meters when its steel cable broke.
The accident occurred in a mine worked by gemstone artisans on the Carnaiba mountains in the Pindobacu municipality, some 400 km from Salvador, the Bahia state capital.
--IANS/EFE
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