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Feb 04, 2013 News
While, the gold fields of Guyana have proven profitable to many, it seems as if it is becoming more and more dangerous as another miner, Thycuf Xavier, lost his life when the walls of the pit in which he was working caved in.
The incident occurred around 16:00hrs on Saturday.
Eighteen-year-old Xavier, of Pradow Village, South Rupununi, was said to have been mining in a tunnel at Mazda Mountain, Marud, South Rupununi, when it caved in and trapped him underneath.
His body was recovered and taken to the Aishalton Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police are conducting an investigation into his death.
Several miners have been killed as a result of mining pit accidents within the past six months.
Just last month, 44-year-old Mark Wilson lost his life in a mining pit at Puruni. The father of five was pinned under tons of rubble.
In October, in what can be described as one of the worst mining pit accidents in Guyana, three miners 25-year-old Deonarine Singh called ‘Chubby’, and cousins Elson Singh called ‘Papa Johnny’, 47 and Devon Barry, 22 were buried alive in a Cuyuni mining pit. And earlier this week another miner, Errol Bennett 38 of Port Kaituma was killed after the walls of the mining pit he was working in at Arakaka caved in on him. Last year a total of six persons died as a result of mining pit accidents.
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