An Idaho sheriff's officer says an underground rescue team has been sent to a mine after authorities received a report that miners have either been trapped or buried.
Shoshone County sheriff's Capt. Holly Lindsey says Wednesday night that it's unknown how many miners are involved or whether there are any injuries at the Lucky Friday Mine in northern Idaho.
Lindsey says air and ground ambulances have been dispatched, and the sheriff was also headed to the mine for a first-hand assessment.
Hecla Mining operates the Lucky Friday, one of the nation's deepest underground mines. A Hecla spokeswoman didn't immediately return a call from The Associated Press.
A roof collapse in a tunnel more than a mile underground trapped a 53-year-old silver miner at the mine in April. Crews recovered the man's body nine days later.
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