A rescuer walks out of a flooded coal mine in Hongtong County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 1, 2012. Twelve people were trapped after a coal mine flooding at a pit under construction Wednesday morning in Shanxi Province, according to local authorities. Rescuers had managed to talk over the phone with four of the trapped, a spokesman with the provincial coal mine safety administration said. [Xinhua]

Rescuers transport the waterpipes to the flooded pit in Hongtong County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 1, 2012. Twelve people were trapped after a coal mine flooding at a pit under construction Wednesday morning in Shanxi Province, according to local authorities. Rescuers had managed to talk over the phone with four of the trapped, a spokesman with the provincial coal mine safety administration said. [Xinhua]

The reflection of conveyer machine is seen near a flooded coal mine in Hongtong County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 1, 2012. Twelve people were trapped after a coal mine flooding at a pit under construction Wednesday morning in Shanxi Province, according to local authorities. Rescuers had managed to talk over the phone with four of the trapped, a spokesman with the provincial coal mine safety administration said. [Xinhua]

Rescuers walk out of a flooded coal mine in Hongtong County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 1, 2012. Twelve people were trapped after a coal mine flooding at a pit under construction Wednesday morning in Shanxi Province, according to local authorities. Rescuers had managed to talk over the phone with four of the trapped, a spokesman with the provincial coal mine safety administration said. [Xinhua]

Rescuers are seen near a flooded coal mine in Hongtong County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 1, 2012. Twelve people were trapped after a coal mine flooding at a pit under construction Wednesday morning in Shanxi Province, according to local authorities. Rescuers had managed to talk over the phone with four of the trapped, a spokesman with the provincial coal mine safety administration said. [Xinhua]

Rescuers are seen near a flooded coal mine in Hongtong County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 1, 2012. Twelve people were trapped after a coal mine flooding at a pit under construction Wednesday morning in Shanxi Province, according to local authorities. Rescuers had managed to talk over the phone with four of the trapped, a spokesman with the provincial coal mine safety administration said. [Xinhua]

Rescuers transport the waterpipes for discharging water near a flooded coal mine in Hongtong County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 1, 2012. Twelve people were trapped after a coal mine flooding at a pit under construction Wednesday morning in Shanxi Province, according to local authorities. Rescuers had managed to talk over the phone with four of the trapped, a spokesman with the provincial coal mine safety administration said. [Xinhua]