Chilean Miners Could Be Rescued Within Days After Drill Reaches Shelter 2.17K Jeff Neumann 10/09/10 08:31AM Filed to: Rescues Rescues Chile Disasters Miners Ap pic A drill has reached the 33 trapped Chilean miners—stuck underground since the August 5 collapse—and they could be rescued within this weekend. A NASA advisor said, "The Chileans are really writing the book on this kind of rescue."