Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Rescuers Pulling Dozens of Workers from Flooded Chinese Mine Officials say scores more alive and expected to be rescued in coming hours. 05 April 2010 Rescuers began pulling dozens of workers out of a Chinese coal mine Monday, after they had been trapped underground for more than a week. Rescue workers found nine miners alive overnight at the Wangjialing mine in northern China's Shanxi province Monday after the miners had spent 179 hours in a flooded underground shaft.  Hours later, officials said at least 84 people had been found alive and are expected to be pulled from the mine, in addition to the first nine. Each miner pulled from the shaft was transported by an individual ambulance to a hospital.  Survivors had to contend with severe thirst during their ordeal. One of the survivors reported that the murky water in the shaft was too dirty to drink. About 3,000 people have been working since the March 28 disaster to pump water out of the shaft so that rescuers could reach 153 trapped miners. Authorities say the coal mine likely flooded after workers penetrated old or abandoned shafts that had accumulated water. Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters. .