Cuyuni cave-in miner was buried for almost half an hour

Omet Samuels

Omet Samuels, the miner who died after the pit he was working in collapsed on Wednesday, was buried for close to half-an-hour, his wife said.

Samuels, 32, of ‘B’ Field, Sophia was working in a mining pit at Toroparu Backdam, Cuyuni River, when the walls of the pit caved in and covered him.

His wife, Shellon, Fraser told Stabroek News yesterday that she was told that the