Trapped Chilean Miner's Wife Has Baby 2.91K Max Read 09/14/10 09:01PM Filed to: hope hope Chile Miners Chilean miners Mines Esperanza Ariel ticona Appic The wife of one of the 33 trapped Chilean miners gave birth to a baby girl, named Esperanza, or "Hope." Ariel Ticona, the miner, had promised to be in the delivery room. His wife, Elizabeth Segovia, will probably forgive him.